Solar cycle variations of the energetic H/He intensity ratio at high heliolatitudes and in the ecliptic plane

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1229-1243

  Lario, D ^a   Roelof, E C ^a   Decker, R B ^a   Ho, G C ^a   Maclennan, C G ^b   Gosling, J T ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interplanetary physics (energetic particles, interplanetary shocks; solar wind plasma)

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAY; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; SOLAR PHENOMENA;

EID: 0042202621     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-1229-2003     Document Type: Article

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