Solar cycle evolution of dipolar and pseudostreamer belts and their relation to the slow solar wind

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 36-46

  Owens, M J ^a   Crooker, N U ^b   Lockwood, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

corona; heliospheric current sheet; pseudostreamers; slow solar wind; solar cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897630035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JA019412     Document Type: Article

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