Non-dipolar solar wind structure observed in the cycle 23/24 minimum

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Tokumaru, M ^a   Kojima, M ^a   Fujiki, K ^a   Hayashi, K ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-DIMENSIONAL; IN-BETWEEN; IN-SITU; INTERPLANETARY SCINTILLATION; SOLAR WIND STRUCTURES; SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; WEAK MAGNETIC FIELDS; WIND COMPONENTS;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; POLES; SWITCHING SYSTEMS; UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SYSTEMS;

SOLAR WIND;

MAGNETIC FIELD; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 68249152168     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL037461     Document Type: Article

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