Determination of the solar wind slowdown near solar maximum

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A2, 2003, Pages

  Wang, C ^a,b   Richardson, J D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Heliosphere; Interstellar neutrals; LISM; Pickup ions; Solar wind; Voyager

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042444192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009322     Document Type: Article

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