Rapid evolution of magnetic decreases (MDs) and discontinuities in the solar wind: ACE and Cluster

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Tsurutani, Bruce T ^a   Guarnieri, Fernando L ^a,b   Lakhina, Gurbax S ^c,d   Hada, Tohru ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; HEAT CONVECTION; SOLAR RADIATION; TURBULENCE;

INTERPLANETARY DISCONTINUITIES; INTERPLANETARY SPACE; MAGNETIC DECREASES (MD); SOLAR WIND SPEEDS;

WIND EFFECTS;

SOLAR WIND;

EID: 22444435486     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL022151     Document Type: Article

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