Geoeffectiveness (Dst and Kp) of interplanetary coronal mass ejections during 1995-2009 and implications for storm forecasting

Space Weather

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Richardson, I G ^a,b   Cane, H V ^a,c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

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EID: 79960868224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15427390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011SW000670     Document Type: Article

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