Exospheric distributions of minor ions in the solar wind

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A2, 2004, Pages

  Pierrard, V ^a   Lamy, H ^a   Lemaire, J ^a  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Exospheric model; Ion acceleration; Kappa distribution; Solar wind; Velocity filtration

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148971954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010069     Document Type: Article

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