Solar Rotational Periodicities and the Semiannual Variation in the Solar Wind, Radiation Belt, and Aurora

Solar Physics

Volumn 274, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 399-425

  Emery, Barbara A ^a   Richardson, Ian G ^b   Evans, David S ^c   Rich, Frederick J ^d   Wilson, Gordon R ^e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aurora; Geospace; Radiation belt electron flux; Semiannual periodicity; Solar cycle; Solar rotation periodicities; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855303624     PISSN: 00380938     EISSN: 1573093X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-011-9758-x     Document Type: Article

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