Radial evolution of cross helicity in high-latitude solar wind

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Breech, B ^a   Matthaeus, W H ^a   Minnie, J ^b   Oughton, S ^c   Parhi, S ^a   Bieber, J W ^a   Bavassano, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TURBULENCE; WIND;

HELICITY; RADIAL EVOLUTION; SOLAR WIND; TRANSPORT THEORY;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

SOLAR WIND;

EID: 20044367689     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL022321     Document Type: Article

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