Global distribution of the solar wind during solar cycle 23: ACE observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 14, 2009, Pages

  Zhao, L ^a   Zurbuchen, T H ^a   Fisk, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED COMPOSITION; CHARGE STATE; CORONAL HOLE; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL TRANSPORT; HELIOSPHERIC CURRENT SHEET; INTERPLANETARY CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR MAGNETIC FIELDS; SOLAR MAXIMA; SOLAR MINIMA; SURFACE MODELS;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; SOLAR ENERGY;

SOLAR WIND;

CORONAL MASS EJECTION; FLOW STRUCTURE; INTERPLANETARY DUST; MAGNETIC FIELD; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 70349588456     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039181     Document Type: Article

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