Evidence for the reversal of magnetic field polarity in coronal streamers

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-100

  Woo, Richard ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; PLASMA OSCILLATIONS; RADIOMETRY; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MIRRORS; MAGNETISM; PLASMA SHEATHS;

CORONAL STREAMERS; MAGNETIC FIELD POLARITY; REVERSAL;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC POLARITY;

ANGULAR SIZES; CORONAL MAGNETIC FIELDS; HELIOCENTRIC DISTANCES; HELIOSPHERIC CURRENT SHEET; HELIOSPHERIC PLASMA; ROTATION MEASUREMENT; WHITE LIGHT;

EID: 0030819334     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03479     Document Type: Article

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