Solar Wind—Magnetosphere Coupling Functions: Pitfalls, Limitations, and Applications
Abstract 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...
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description | Abstract 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. |
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spelling | doaj-art-5e9b8b1b9d6f4bbe870926920f305a932025-01-14T16:31:00ZengWileySpace Weather1542-73902022-02-01202n/an/a10.1029/2021SW002989Solar Wind—Magnetosphere Coupling Functions: Pitfalls, Limitations, and ApplicationsMike Lockwood0Department of Meteorology University of Reading Reading UKAbstract 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.https://doi.org/10.1029/2021SW002989solar windmagnetospherecoupling functionsperformance metricsactivity distributions |
spellingShingle | Mike Lockwood Solar Wind—Magnetosphere Coupling Functions: Pitfalls, Limitations, and Applications Space Weather solar wind magnetosphere coupling functions performance metrics activity distributions |
title | Solar Wind—Magnetosphere Coupling Functions: Pitfalls, Limitations, and Applications |
title_full | Solar Wind—Magnetosphere Coupling Functions: Pitfalls, Limitations, and Applications |
title_fullStr | Solar Wind—Magnetosphere Coupling Functions: Pitfalls, Limitations, and Applications |
title_full_unstemmed | Solar Wind—Magnetosphere Coupling Functions: Pitfalls, Limitations, and Applications |
title_short | Solar Wind—Magnetosphere Coupling Functions: Pitfalls, Limitations, and Applications |
title_sort | solar wind magnetosphere coupling functions pitfalls limitations and applications |
topic | solar wind magnetosphere coupling functions performance metrics activity distributions |
url | https://doi.org/10.1029/2021SW002989 |
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