The solar wind in the outer heliosphere

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 150-156

  Richardson, J D ^a   Wang, C ^a,b   Burlaga, L F ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic field; Outer heliosphere; Solar wind; Transient events

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMAS; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; WIND EFFECTS;

HELIOSPHERIC BOUNDARY POSITIONS; INNER HELIOSPHERE; OUTER HELIOSPHERE; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR WIND;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

SOLAR WIND;

EID: 2942699864     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.03.066     Document Type: Article

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