Ambient solar winds' effect on ICME transit times

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Case, A W ^a   Spence, H E ^a   Owens, M J ^a   Riley, P ^b   Odstrcil, D ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); NUMERICAL METHODS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SOLAR WIND; VELOCITY; WIND EFFECTS;

HELIOSPHERE; INITIAL VELOCITIES; INTERPLANETARY CORONAL MASS EJECTION; NUMERICAL MODELLING; SOLAR RADIUS; SOLAR WIND PARAMETERS; TRANSIT TIME; TRANSIT TIMES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CORONAL MASS EJECTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLAR WIND; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 53749100439     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034493     Document Type: Article

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