Internal structure of magnetic clouds: Plasma and composition

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A6, 2003, Pages

  Lynch, B J ^a   Zurbuchen, T H ^a   Fisk, L A ^a   Antiochos, S K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interplanetary coronal mass ejections (CME, ICME); Magnetic clouds; Solar wind ion charge states

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049011083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009591     Document Type: Article

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