The solar sources of geoeffective structures

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 125, Issue , 2001, Pages 123-141

  Webb, D F ^a,b   Crooker, N U ^c   Plunkett, S P ^d   St Cyr, O C ^d  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 85044323533     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM125p0123     Document Type: Chapter

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