Kinetic temperature ratios of O6+ and He2+: Observations from Wind/MASS and Ulysses/SWICS

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1187-1190

  Cohen, C M S ^a   Collier, M R ^a   Hamilton, D C ^a   Gloeckler, G ^a   Sheldon, R B ^b,d   Von Steiger, R ^b   Wilken, B ^c  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLAR WIND; WIND; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HELIUM; KINETIC THEORY OF GASES; OXYGEN; SPACECRAFT; TEMPERATURE;

KINETIC TEMPERATURES; SOLAR WIND SPEED; THERMAL VELOCITY; ULYSSES;

KINETICS; IONS;

KINETIC TEMPERATURE RATIO; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 0030141525     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00587     Document Type: Article

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