An empirical estimate of the heliospheric termination shock location with time with application to the intensity increases of MeV protons seen at Voyager 1 in 2002-2005

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A10, 2005, Pages

  Webber, W R ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33845796014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011209     Document Type: Article

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