Transient structures and stream interaction regions in the solar wind: Results from EISCAT interplanetary scintillation, STEREO HI and Venus Express ASPERA-4 Measurements

Solar Physics

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 207-231

  Dorrian, G D ^a   Breen, A R ^b   Davies, J A ^c   Rouillard, A P ^d   Fallows, R A ^b   Whittaker, I C ^b   Brown, D S ^e   Harrison, R A ^c   Davis, C J ^c   Grande, M ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic fields, interplanetary; Radio scintillation; Solar wind, disturbances, stream interaction region

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955558887     PISSN: 00380938     EISSN: 1573093X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-010-9599-z     Document Type: Article

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