Measurements of the solar wind over a wide range of heliocentric distances - A comparison of results from the first three Whole Sun Months

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 1527-1543

  Breen, A R ^a   Thompson, B J ^b   Kojima, M ^c   Biesecker, D A ^d   Canals, A ^a   Fallows, R A ^a   Linker, J A ^e   Lazarus, A J ^f   Lecinski, A ^g   Mikic, Z ^e   Moran, P J ^a   Williams, P J S ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SM and A Corporation   (United States)

^e SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Interplanetary scintillation; Solar cycle; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 6744260810     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(00)00090-0     Document Type: Article

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