Solar wind ion trends and signatures: STEREO PLASTIC observations approaching solar minimum

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3909-3922

  Galvin, A B ^a   Popecki, M A ^a   Simunac, K D C ^a   Kistler, L M ^a   Ellis, L ^a   Barry, J ^a   Berger, L ^b   Blush, L M ^c   Bochsler, P ^a,c   Farrugia, C J ^a   Jian, L K ^d   Kilpua, E K J ^e   Klecke, B ^f   Lee, M ^a   Liu, Y C M ^a   Luhmann, J L ^g   Moebius, E ^a   Opitz, A ^h   Russell, C T ^d   Thompson, B ⁱ   Wimmer Schweingruber, R F ^f   Wurz, P ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h IRAP   (France)

ⁱ NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Interplanetary physics (Solar wind plasma; Sources of the solar wind

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORONAL MASS EJECTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; PLASMA; SAMPLING; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 77949471053     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-3909-2009     Document Type: Article

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