A Snapshot of the Sun Near Solar Minimum: The Whole Heliosphere Interval

Solar Physics

Volumn 274, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 29-56

  Thompson, Barbara J ^a   Gibson, Sarah E ^b   Schroeder, Peter C ^c   Webb, David F ^d   Arge, Charles N ^e   Bisi, Mario M ^f,g   de Toma, Giuliana ^b   Emery, Barbara A ^b   Galvin, Antoinette B ^h   Haber, Deborah A ⁱ   Jackson, Bernard V ^f   Jensen, Elizabeth A ^f,j   Leamon, Robert J ^k   Lei, Jiuhou ^l   Manoharan, Periasamy K ^m   Mays, M Leila ^a   McIntosh, Patrick S ⁿ   Petrie, Gordon J D ^o   Plunkett, Simon P ^p   Qian, Liying ^b   Riley, Peter ^q   Suess, Steven T ^r   Tokumaru, Munetoshi ^s   Welsch, Brian T ^c   Woods, Thomas N ⁱ   more..

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^e AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^j PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^m TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

ⁿ HelioSynoptics Inc   (United States)

^o NATIONAL SOLAR OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^p NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^q Predictive Science   (United States)

^r NATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^s NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84855300473     PISSN: 00380938     EISSN: 1573093X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-011-9891-6     Document Type: Article

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