Understanding the Behavior of the Heliospheric Magnetic Field and the Solar Wind During the Unusual Solar Minimum Between Cycles 23 and 24

Solar Physics

Volumn 274, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 379-397

  Zhao, L ^a,b   Fisk, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Corona, structures; Coronal mass ejections, low coronal signatures; Solar cycle, observations; Solar wind, theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855317023     PISSN: 00380938     EISSN: 1573093X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-011-9840-4     Document Type: Article

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