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Solar Wind Speed and Temperature Outside 10 AU and the Termination Shock

  • Authors: Y. C. Whang, L. F. Burlaga, Y.-M. Wang, and N. R. Sheeley, Jr.

Whang et al. 2003 The Astrophysical Journal 589 635.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Fig. 5.

Representative yearly averaged wind speed at 1 AU as a function of latitude at four different phases of the solar cycle: maximum, minimum, rising, and declining. The 1 AU speeds are calculated from Wang & Sheeley’s model using the photospheric field maps observed from WSO, MWO, and NSO as input.

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