Low-energy particle response to CMEs during the Ulysses solar maximum northern polar passage

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A1, 2004, Pages

  Lario, D ^a,d   Decker, R B ^a,d   Roelof, E C ^a,d   Reisenfeld, D B ^b   Sanderson, T R ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Driver gases; Ejecta; Energetic particles; Heliosphere; Interplanetary magnetic fields; Interplanetary shocks; Magnetic clouds; Solar cycle variations

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749106456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010071     Document Type: Article

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