Predicting interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) propagation delay times using the minimum variance technique

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A1, 2003, Pages

  Weimer, D R ^a   Ober, D M ^a   Maynard, N C ^a   Collier, M R ^b,f   McComas, D J ^c   Ness, N F ^d   Smith, C W ^d   Watermann, J ^e  

^a MISSION RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^e DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^f NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecasting; IMF; Interplanetary magnetic field; Minimum variance; Space weather; Techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 7244222869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009405     Document Type: Article

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