Physics
Scientific paper
Sep 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004georl..3118804r&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 31, Issue 18, CiteID L18804
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Interplanetary Physics: Ejecta, Driver Gases, And Magnetic Clouds, Interplanetary Physics: Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Interplanetary Physics: Solar Cycle Variations (7536), Interplanetary Physics: Solar Wind Plasma
Scientific paper
``Magnetic clouds'' (MCs) are a subset of interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) characterized by enhanced magnetic fields with an organized rotation in direction, and low plasma β. Though intensely studied, MCs only constitute a fraction of all ICMEs detected in the solar wind. A comprehensive survey of ICMEs in the near-Earth solar wind during the ascending, maximum and early declining phases of solar cycle 23 in 1996-2003 shows that the MC fraction varied with the phase of the solar cycle, from ~100% (though with low statistics) at solar minimum to ~15% at solar maximum. A similar trend is evident in near-Earth observations during solar cycles 20-21, while Helios 1/2 observations at 0.3-1.0 AU show a weaker trend and larger MC fraction.
Cane Hilary V.
Richardson Ian G.
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