Solar observation-based model for multiday predictions of interplanetary shock and CME arrivals at Earth

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 1489-1497

  Fry, Craig D ^a   Dryer, Murray ^a,b   Sun, Wei ^c   Detman, Thomas R ^b   Smith, Zdenka K ^b   Deehr, Charles S ^c   Wu, Chin Chun ^d   Akasofu, Syun Ichi ^c   Berdichevsky, Daniel B ^e,f  

^a Exploration Physics International Inc   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^e L 3 Government Services Inc   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODYNAMICS; FORECASTING; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMAS; SHOCK WAVES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS; SPACE TECHNOLOGY; SPACE WEATHER PHYSICS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 7244227677     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2004.833398     Document Type: Article

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