Ulysses measurements of variations in the solar wind-interstellar hydrogen charge exchange rate

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2701-2704

  McComas, D J ^a   Funsten, H O ^a   Gosling, J T ^a   Pryor, W R ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; HYDROGEN; IONIZATION OF GASES; PROTONS; SUN; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND; CHARGE TRANSFER; COSMOLOGY; FINANCE; IONIZATION; RADIO ASTRONOMY; SOLAR WIND;

CHARGE EXCHANGE; COROTATING INTERACTION REGIONS; INTERSTELLAR HYDROGEN; SOLAR WIND; ULYSSES MEASUREMENT; ANOMALOUS COSMIC RAYS; CHARGE EXCHANGES; COMPRESSION REGIONS; HELIOCENTRIC DISTANCES; INTERACTION REGION; IONIZATION PROCESS; MEASUREMENTS OF;

ION EXCHANGE; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

SOLAR WIND;

EID: 0033378410     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900519     Document Type: Article

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