Reliability of prediction of the magnetosheath Bz component from interplanetary magnetic field observations (Art. No. A12213)
2009
Abstract
We discuss a probability of simultaneous observations of the same sign of the magnetic field Bz component in the solar wind and magnetosheath. We can conclude that the probability of observations of the same Bz sign in the solar wind and in the magnetosheath is surprisingly very low from a general point of view.
The probability changes through the solar cycle, being larger at the solar minimum.