On the evolution of the solar wind between 1 and 5 AU at the time of the Cassini Jupiter flyby: Multispacecraft observations of interplanetary coronal mass ejections including the formation of a merged interaction region

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A9, 2004, Pages

  Hanlon, P G ^a   Dougherty, M K ^a   Forsyth, R J ^a   Owens, M J ^a   Hansen, K C ^a,b   Toth G ^c   Crary, F J ^d   Young, D T ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cassini; Merged interaction region; MHD propagation; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 14344255110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010112     Document Type: Article

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