Are periodic solar wind number density structures formed in the solar corona?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 23, 2009, Pages

  Viall, Nicholeen M ^a   Spence, Harlan E ^a   Kasper, Justin ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE RATIOS; CORONAL ACTIVITY; DENSITY FLUCTUATION; ELEMENTAL ABUNDANCE; INTERPLANETARY MEDIUM; LARGE SIZES; NUMBER DENSITY; PERIODIC DENSITY; PROTON DENSITY; SOLAR CORONA; SOLAR WIND DENSITY; WIND SPACECRAFT;

HELIUM; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; PROTONS; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR SYSTEM; SOLAR WIND;

PERIODIC STRUCTURES;

CORONA; DENSITY; INTERPLANETARY DUST; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 72049111477     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041191     Document Type: Article

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