Corotating interaction regions at high latitudes: Report of Working Group 3

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 221-268

  Kunow, H ^a   Lee, M A ^b   Fisk, L A ^c   Forsyth, R J ^d   Heber, B ^e   Horbury, T S ^d,f   Keppler, E ^e   Kota J ^g   Lou, Y Q ⁱ   McKibben, R B ^h   Paizis, C ⁱ   Potgieter, M S ^j   Roelof, E C ^k   Sanderson, T R ^l   Simnett, G M ^m   Von Steiger, R ⁿ   Tsurutani, B T ^o   Wimmer Schweingruber, R F ^p   Jokipii, J R ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^f QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^j NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^k JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ INTERNATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^o CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

CIRs; High latitude heliosphere; Interplanetary medium; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007143419     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005218010508     Document Type: Article

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