Low-latitude solar wind during the Fall 1998 SOHO-Ulysses quadrature

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A10, 2002, Pages

  Poletto, G ^a   Suess, S T ^b   Biesecker, D A ^c   Esser, R ^d   Gloeckler, G ^e   Ko, Y K ^d   Zurbuchen, T H ^f  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^e Bldg 142   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

In situ data; Low latitude solar wind; Oxygen flow speed; Proton flow speed; SOHO Ulysses quadrature

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944390376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA000275     Document Type: Article

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