Ring Current Behavior Inferred from Ground Magnetic and Space Observations

Recurrent Magnetic Storms: Corotating Solar Wind Streams

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 85-95

  Soraas F ^a   Sorbo M ^a   Aarsnes, K ^a   Evans, D S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere, Upper; Corotating interaction regions; Magnetic storms; Magnetosphere

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND;

COROTATING INTERACTION REGIONS; EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGETIC NEUTRAL ATOMS; GEOMAGNETIC EQUATOR; MAGNETIC LOCAL TIME; MAGNETIC OBSERVATIONS; MAGNETIC STORMS; STORM-TIME EQUATORIAL BELT;

STORMS;

EID: 84876414245     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/167GM09     Document Type: Chapter

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