%0 Journal Article %@holdercode {isadg {BR SPINPE} ibi 8JMKD3MGPCW/3DT298S} %@nexthigherunit 8JMKD3MGPCW/3EU29DP %@archivingpolicy denypublisher denyfinaldraft12 %@dissemination WEBSCI; PORTALCAPES. %@resumeid %@resumeid 8JMKD3MGP5W/3C9JJC4 %@resumeid 8JMKD3MGP5W/3C9JH3D %@usergroup administrator %@usergroup jefferson %3 fulltext.pdf %X In this paper we discuss the main phase evolution of intense magnetic storms, associated with the passage of different interplanetary magnetic structures. It is shown that their evolution, driven by intense magnetic fields in the sheath region just behind interplanetary shocks, evolves faster (implying physically different magnetospheric configurations) than that associated with intense magnetic fields in the ejecta itself and in corotating streams. The estimated ring current injection rate for the main phase of intense magnetic storms caused by sheath fields is 10 times greater than the estimated injection rate for NS magnetic clouds. Based on these results, we propose storm-intensity criteria for several classes of the driving interplanetary structures. The time necessary to reach a Dst/SYM index threshold level is an important parameter for the space weather forecast. %8 June %N ?? %T Storm intensity criteria for several classes of the driving interplanetary structures %K Estruturas interplanetárias. %@secondarytype PRE PI %@group DGE-INPE-MCT-BR %@copyholder SID/SCD %@secondarykey INPE-13411-PRE/8624 %@issn 0038-0938 %@issn 1573-093X %2 sid.inpe.br/marciana/2005/01.03.08.43.39 %@affiliation Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, U.S.A., %B Solar Physics %P 1-14 %4 sid.inpe.br/marciana/2005/01.03.08.43 %D 2004 %V Aceito %A Vieira, Luiz Eduardo Antunes, %A Alarcon, Walter Demétrio Gonzalez, %A Echer, Ezequiel, %A Esurutani, Bruce T., %@area CEA