Weaker solar wind from the polar coronal holes and the whole Sun

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 18, 2008, Pages

  McComas, D J ^a,b   Ebert, R W ^a,b   Elliott, H A ^a   Goldstein, B E ^c   Gosling, J T ^a,d   Schwadron, N A ^e   Skoug, R M ^f  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e Boston University   (United States)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FLUX; ORBITS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR WIND;

CORONAL HOLES; DYNAMIC PRESSURES; FAST SOLAR WINDS; GLOBAL REDUCTIONS; HELIOPAUSE; HELIOSPHERE; MOMENTUM FLUXES; SOLAR MINIMUMS; ULYSSES; VOYAGER SPACECRAFT;

WIND POWER;

CORONA; MAGNETIC FIELD; POLAR REGION; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR WIND; SPATIAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 57749173784     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034896     Document Type: Article

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