The radial temperature profile of the solar wind

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Richardson, John D ^a   Smith, Charles W ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTONS; WIND EFFECTS; HEATING; PICKUPS; SOLAR WIND; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

SOLAR WIND; OUTER HELIOSPHERE; PROTON ENERGY; RADIAL TEMPERATURE PROFILE; SOLAR WIND SPEED; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE RISE; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; WIND TEMPERATURE;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

SOLAR WIND;

EID: 0042701718     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gl016551     Document Type: Article

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