Search for the heliosheath with Voyager 1 magnetic field measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2003, Pages

  Burlaga, L F ^a   Ness, N F ^b   Stone, E C ^c   McDonald, F B ^d   Acuna, M H ^a   Lepping, R P ^a   Connerney, J E P ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIOGRAPHS; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACECRAFT; WIND EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETISM;

SOLAR CYCLE; SUBSONIC REGIONS; HELIOSHEATH; HELIOSPHERIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; SUBSONIC REGION; TERMINATION SHOCKS; VOYAGER 1;

GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT;

MAGNETIC FIELD; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 1242277706     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018291     Document Type: Article

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