Search for an onset mechanism that operates for both CMEs and substorms

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3141-3146

  Siscoe, G L ^a   Kuznetsova, M M ^b   Raeder, J ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomy (Flares and mass ejections); Astrophysics; Magnetospheric physics (Storms and substorms) Solar physphysics

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CORONAL MASS EJECTION; COSMIC RAY; FORMATION MECHANISM; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 73449117497     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-3141-2009     Document Type: Article

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