The solar wind-magnetosphere coupling problem is investigated for the ten intense magnetic storms (Dst -100 nT (less intense energization). This point suggests that there is a decoupling between the ring current and auroral processes during very intense storms with respect to their dependence on solar wind energization. Finally, a discussion is presented on associations of the coupling functions with the solar wind features described by Tsurutani et al. [1988> for the causes of these storm events. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1989