A major solar eruptive event in July 2012: Defining extreme space weather scenarios

Space Weather

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 585-591

  Baker, D N ^a   Li, X ^a   Pulkkinen, A ^b   Ngwira, C M ^b,c   Mays, M L ^b,c   Galvin, A B ^d   Simunac, K D C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^d University of New Hampshire   (United States)

Author keywords

extreme space weather; severe solar storm; worst case geomagnetic event

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892507219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15427390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/swe.20097     Document Type: Article

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