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Solar wind interaction with the geomagnetic field
Author(s) -
Parker E. N.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
reviews of geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.087
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1944-9208
pISSN - 8755-1209
DOI - 10.1029/rg007i001p00003
Subject(s) - earth's magnetic field , solar wind , geophysics , field (mathematics) , phenomenon , ionospheric dynamo region , physics , meteorology , environmental science , geomagnetic storm , magnetic field , mathematics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics
The interaction of the solar wind with the geomagnetic field is a complicated physical phenomenon. This paper attempts to point out the various major effects involved directly in the interaction and to assess the degree to which the effects are, and are not, understood at the present time. It is a collection of my own thoughts, opinions, and prejudices on the solar wind interaction. I am looking forward to new results to be reported at this symposium, which, I hope, will render much of this review obsolete.