A solar storm observed from the Sun to Venus using the STEREO, Venus Express, and MESSENGER spacecraft

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Rouillard, A P ^a,b   Davies, J A ^b   Forsyth, R J ^c   Savani, N P ^c   Sheeley, N R ^d   Thernisien, A ^d   Zhang, T L ^e   Howard, R A ^d   Anderson, B ^f   Carr, C M ^c   Tsang, S ^g   Lockwood, M ^a,b   Davis, C J ^b   Harrison, R A ^b   Bewsher, D ^b,h   Franz M ⁱ   Crothers, S R ^b   Eyles, C J ^b,j   Brown, D S ^h   Whittaker, I ^h   Hapgood, M ^b   Coates, A J ^g   Jones, G H ^g   Grande, M ^h   Frahm, R A ^k   Winningham, J D ^k   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Space Research Institute Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^k SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

more..

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EID: 71649087112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA014034     Document Type: Article

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