Heliospheric magnetic field polarity inversions at high heliographic latitudes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 631-634

  Balogh, A ^a   Forsyth, R J ^a   Lucek, E A ^a   Horbury, T S ^a,c   Smith, E J ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; SOLAR RADIATION; VECTORS;

HELIOSPHERIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC POLARITY INVERSIONS;

SUN;

SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 0033560049     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900061     Document Type: Article

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