A new look at the >70 Mev cosmic ray radial gradients in the heliosphere measured by spacecraft

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A2, 1999, Pages 2487-2498

  Webber, W R ^a   Lockwood, J A ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

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EID: 2442426621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998ja900058     Document Type: Article

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