Large-scale magnetic field inversions at sector boundaries

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A3, 2004, Pages

  Crooker, N U ^a   Kahler, S W ^b   Larson, D E ^c   Lin, R P ^c  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronal mass ejection; Heliospheric current sheet

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749089138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010278     Document Type: Article

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