An operational method for shock arrival time prediction by one-dimensional CESE-HD solar wind model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Feng, X S ^a   Zhang, Y ^a,b   Yang, L P ^a,b   Wu, S T ^c   Dryer, M ^d  

^a CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 72649098745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014385     Document Type: Article

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