Interplanetary scintillation measurements of the solar wind during Whole Sun Month: Comparisons with coronal and in situ observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A5, 1999, Pages 9847-9870

  Breen, A R ^a,b   Mikic, Z ^c   Linker, J A ^c   Lazarus, A J ^d   Thompson, B J ^e   Biesecker, D A ^e   Moran, P J ^b   Varley, C A ^b   Williams, P J S ^b   Lecinski, A ^f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0000629094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998ja900091     Document Type: Review

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