Comment on "what causes the flux excess in the heliospheric magnetic field?" by E. J. Smith

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1880-1887

  Lockwood, M ^a   Owens, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coronal source flux; excess flux; interplanetary magnetic field; modulus; open solar flux; radial field

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883102551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgra.50223     Document Type: Review

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