Understanding coronal heating and solar wind acceleration: Case for in situ near-Sun measurements

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  McComas, D J ^a   Velli, M ^b,c   Lewis, W S ^a   Acton, L W ^d   Balat Pichelin, M ^e   Bothmer, V ^f   Dirling, Jr ^g   Feldman, W C ^h   Gloeckler, G ⁱ   Habbal, S R ^j   Hassler, D M ^k   Mann, I ^l   Matthaeus, W H ^m   McNutt, Jr ⁿ   Mewaldt, R A ^o   Murphy, N ^c   Ofman, L ^p   Sittler, Jr ^q   Smith, C W ^r   Zurbuchen, T H ^s  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^g SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^h LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ Bldg 142   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^k SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^l KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

ⁿ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^o CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^p CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^q NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONA; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; SOLAR WIND; SUNSPOT;

EID: 34250010104     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006RG000195     Document Type: Article

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