Changes in the response of the AL Index with solar cycle and epoch within a corotating interaction region

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3165-3178

  McPherron, R L ^a   Kepko, L ^b   Pulkkinen, T I ^c   Hsu, T S ^a   Weygand, J W ^a   Bargatze, L F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Interplanetary physics (Flare and stream dynamics); Magnetospheric physics (Solar wind magnetosphere interactions); Space plasma physics (Nonlinear phenomena)

Indexed keywords

COUPLING; ELECTRIC FIELD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR WIND; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 71449108507     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-3165-2009     Document Type: Article

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