Probing the magnetic polarity structure of the heliospheric current sheet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A8, 2003, Pages

  Kahler, S W ^a   Crooker, N U ^b   Larson, D E ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat flux electrons; Heliospheric current sheet; Magnetic sector boundaries; Source surface maps

Indexed keywords

EID: 32644453186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009649     Document Type: Article

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