The global nature of solar cycle variations of the solar wind dynamic pressure

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 561-564

  Richardson, John ^a   Wang, Chi ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR WIND; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; WIND;

GLOBAL FEATURE; HELIOSPHERIC CURRENT SHEET; LOW LATITUDES; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR CYCLE VARIATIONS; SOLAR WIND DYNAMIC PRESSURE; SOURCE MECHANISMS; ULYSSES;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE; SOLAR RADIATION;

HELIOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND; SOLAR WIND DYNAMIC PRESSURE;

SOLAR WIND;

EID: 0033106386     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900052     Document Type: Article

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