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The first examinations of the relations between solar wind variations and geomagnetic activity, represented by the Kp index, displayed the dependence of the Kp value on the solar wind speed v and the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) intensity B (Coleman et al., 1961; Snyder et al., 1963).

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Troshichev, O., Janzhura, A. (2012). Physical background (historical outline). In: Space Weather Monitoring by Ground-Based Means. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16803-1_2

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