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Jan 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992georl..19...73t&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 19, Jan. 3, 1992, p. 73-76.

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Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Magnetic Storms, Solar Flares, Solar Terrestrial Interactions, Solar Wind, Geomagnetism, Ionospheric Propagation, Solar Activity

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The five largest magnetic storms that occurred between 1971 to 1986 are studied to determine their solar and interplanetary causes. All of the events are found to be associated with high speed solar wind streams led by collisionless shocks. The high speed streams are clearly related to identifiable solar flares. It is found that: (1) it is the extreme values of the southward interplanetary magnetic fields rather than solar wind speeds that are the primary causes of great magnetic storms, (2) shocked and draped sheath fields preceding the driver gas (magnetic cloud) are at least as effective in causing the onset of great magnetic storms (3 of 5 events) as the strong fields within the driver gas itself, and (3) precursor southward fields ahead of the high speed streams allow the shock compression mechanism (item 2) to be particularly geoeffective.

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