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Interplanetary Magnetic Field Dynamics

The key to space weather monitoring

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Space Storms and Space Weather Hazards

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The role of the IMF in the dynamics of solar wind interaction with the geomagnetosphere was proposed by Dungey in 1961. Early in-situ IMF measurements in the 60's confirmed the association of the magnitude and direction of the IMF with the Kp magnetic activity index. The IMF is a primary force in controlling our local space weather because of the physical process known as reconnection.

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