The latitudinal distribution of solar wind magnetic holes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1615-1618

  Winterhalter, Daniel ^a   Smith, Edward J ^a   Neugebauer, Marcia ^a   Goldstein, Bruce E ^a   Tsurutani, Bruce T ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLAR WIND;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SCANNING; SPACE PROBES; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

HELIOGRAPHIC LATITUDE; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD; SOLAR WIND MAGNETIC HOLES; ULYSSES SPACECRAFT;

SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR WIND;

AVERAGE VALUES; COUNT RATES; INTERACTION REGION; LARGE-SCALE DYNAMICS; LATITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION; LOW LATITUDES; ULYSSES SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0034352871     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL003717     Document Type: Article

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