Relation between Polar Plumes and Fine Structure in the Solar Wind from Ulysses High-Latitude Observations

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 679, Issue , 2003, Pages 255-258

  Yamauchi, Yohei ^a   Suess, Steven T ^a   Sakurai, Takashi ^b  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SCATTERING; MAGNETIC STRUCTURE; MAGNETISM;

ENERGETIC ELECTRON; HIGH-SPEED SOLAR WIND; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; MINIMUM VARIANCE ANALYSIS; NETWORK ACTIVITIES; PITCH ANGLE DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH POLAR REGION; TANGENTIAL DISCONTINUITIES;

SOLAR WIND;

EID: 85006545580     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1618589     Document Type: Conference Paper

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