Estimation of the bias of the Minimum Variance technique in the determination of magnetic clouds global quantities and orientation

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1881-1890

  Gulisano, A M ^a   Dasso, S ^a,b   Mandrini, C H ^a   Demoulin P ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y FÍSICA DEL ESPACIO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

Interplanetary space; MHD and plasmas; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC STRUCTURE; SOLAR WIND; SPACECRAFT; TRAJECTORIES;

CYLINDRICAL SYMMETRY; INTERPLANETARY SPACE; MAGNETIC CLOUDS (MC); MAGNETIC CONFIGURATION;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 36048936346     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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