Radial and latitudinal gradients of anomalous cosmic ray oxygen in the inner heliosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Cummings, A C ^a   Tranquille, C ^b   Marsden, R G ^b   Mewaldt, R A ^a   Stone, E C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; OXYGEN; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

ADVANCED COMPOSITION; ENERGY RANGES; HELIOSPHERES; HELIOSPHERIC CURRENT SHEET; LATITUDINAL GRADIENTS; RADIAL GRADIENT; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL RELATIONS; ULYSSES;

SOLAR ENERGY;

COSMIC RAY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; OXYGEN; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR WIND; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 72149107584     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039851     Document Type: Article

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