A prolonged He+ enhancement within a coronal mass ejection in the solar wind

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 161-164

  Skoug, R M ^a   Bame, S J ^a   Feldman, W C ^a   Gosling, J T ^a   McComas, D J ^a   Steinberg, J T ^a   Tokar, R L ^a   Riley, P ^b   Burlaga, L F ^c   Ness, N F ^d   Smith, C W ^d  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SciberNet Inc   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLAR WIND;

ADVANCED COMPOSITION; CORONAL MASS EJECTION; MAGNETIC CLOUDS;

MAGNETOPLASMA;

SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 0033556672     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900207     Document Type: Article

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