Composition of quasi-stationary solar wind flows from Ulysses/Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A12, 2000, Pages 27217-27238

  Von Steiger, R ^a,b   Schwadron, N A ^a   Fisk, L A ^a   Geiss, J ^b   Gloeckler, G ^a,c   Hefti, S ^a   Wilken, B ^d   Wimmer Schweingruber, R F ^e   Zurbuchen, T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 39449101753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja000358     Document Type: Article

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