Solar wind speed within 20 RS of the Sun estimated from limb coronal mass ejections

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Nakagawa, Tomoko ^a   Gopalswamy, Nat ^b   Yashiro, Seiji ^b,c  

^a TOHOKU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

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EID: 33947640086     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011249     Document Type: Article

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