On radial heliospheric magnetic fields: Voyager 2 observation and model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A5, 2003, Pages

  Wang, C ^a,b   Richardson, J D ^b   Burlaga, L F ^c   Ness, N F ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Interplanetary magnetic fields; Solar wind plasma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905348166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009809     Document Type: Article

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