Timing accuracy for the simple planar propagation of magnetic field structures in the solar wind

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2509-2512

  Collier, Michael R ^a   Slavin, J A ^a   Lepping, R P ^a   Szabo, A ^a   Ogilvie, K ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; SOLAR WIND; CORRELATION THEORY; EARTH (PLANET); MAGNETOMETERS; PROBABILITY; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; SUN;

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CORRELATION TIME; LAG-TIME; LONG TAIL; SOLAR MAXIMA; SOLAR MINIMA; SUN-EARTH LINE;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; ASTROPHYSICS;

MAGNETIC FIELD STRUCTURE PROPAGATION; SOLAR WIND; TIMING ACCURACY;

EID: 0032118134     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00735     Document Type: Article

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