Solar wind - magnetosphere coupling functions: pitfalls, limitations and applications

Lockwood, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7397-2172 (2022) Solar wind - magnetosphere coupling functions: pitfalls, limitations and applications. Space Weather, 20 (2). e2021SW002989. ISSN 1542-7390 doi: 10.1029/2021SW002989

Abstract/Summary

Solar wind-magnetosphere coupling functions have now been in use for almost 50 years. In that time, a very large number of formulations have been proposed. As they become increasingly subsumed into systems analysis and machine-learning studies of the magnetosphere, it is timely to establish best practice in their derivation and study their limitations. This paper reports on a number of studies carried out to establish some key points. Particular attention is paid to the best metric used to evaluate their performance and how it depends on the application for which the coupling function is intended.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/102391
Identification Number/DOI	10.1029/2021SW002989
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Meteorology
Publisher	American Geophysical Union
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