The near-Earth solar wind

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 118, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 7-39

  Goldstein, M L ^a   Eastwood, J P ^a   Treumann, R A ^b   Lucek, E A ^c   Pickett, J ^d   Decreau P ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PLASMA WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

IONIZED GAS; SOLAR ATMOSPHERES; SOLAR WIND; WIND FLOWS;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 26044466968     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-005-3823-4     Document Type: Review

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