Open AccessHow Geomagnetic Storms Light Up the Geocorona
Author(s) -
Leah Crane
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2017eo077469
Subject(s) - geomagnetic storm , storm , earth's magnetic field , environmental science , meteorology , geology , geography , physics , magnetic field , quantum mechanics
After geomagnetic storms, Earth’s corona abruptly increases in hydrogen density. For the first time, serendipitous observations have allowed researchers to investigate why.