Voyager 1/UVS Lyman a glow data from 1993 to 2003: Hydrogen distribution in the upwind outer heliosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A10, 2003, Pages

  Quémerais, Eric ^a   Bertaux, Jean Loup ^a   Lallement, Rosine ^a   Sandel, Bill R ^b,d   Izmodenov, Vlad ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR PROBLEMS IN MECHANICS   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

2124 Interplanetary physics: Heliopause and solar wind termination; 2144 Interplanetary physics: Interstellar gas; 2151 Interplanetary physics: Neutral particles; 2162 Interplanetary physics: Solar cycle variations (7536)

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549135533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA009871     Document Type: Article

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