Annual variation in near-Earth solar wind speed: Evidence for persistent north-south asymmetry related to solar magnetic polarity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 841-844

  Zieger, B ^a,b   Mursula, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b GEODETIC AND GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GEOMAGNETISM; SUN; WIND; MAGNETISM; ORBITS; SOLAR WIND;

GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY (GA); SOLAR MAGNETIC POLARITY; SOLAR WIND SPEED;

METEOROLOGY; MAGNETIC POLARITY;

ANNUAL VARIATIONS; GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITIES; MAXIMUM AMPLITUDE; NORTH-SOUTH ASYMMETRY; POLARITY REVERSAL; SOLAR VARIATIONS; SOLAR WIND SPEED; SPEED DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 0032026351     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL50414     Document Type: Article

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