Connecting the Sun and the solar wind: Source regions of the fast wind observed in interplanetary space

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A6, 2000, Pages 12667-12674

  Woo, Richard ^a   Habbal, Shadia Rifai ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

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EID: 39449084337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja000255     Document Type: Article

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