Solar winds driven by nonlinear low-frequency Alfvén waves from the photosphere: Parametric study for fast/slow winds and disappearance of solar winds

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Suzuki, Takeru K ^a,b   Inutsuka, Shu Ichiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 33947578026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011502     Document Type: Article

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