Early Solar Wind Observations from the Plasma and Suprathermal Ion Composition (PLASTIC) Experiments on STEREO

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2102 Corotating Streams, 2111 Ejecta, Driver Gases, And Magnetic Clouds, 2164 Solar Wind Plasma, 2169 Solar Wind Sources

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Two identical Plasma and Suprathermal Ion Composition (PLASTIC) instruments are now flying on the STEREO A and B observatories, which launched in October 2006. The STEREO observatories are drifting away from the Earth and from each other, providing different longitudinal perspectives. PLASTIC together with the IMPACT suite provides the in-situ measurements for the STEREO mission, while SECCHI provides remote imaging of the solar corona. The PLASTIC solar wind sector measures solar wind proton bulk parameters and provides species identification and relative abundances for the more dominant solar wind minor (Z>2) ions. During this early part of the STEREO mission, as we approach solar minimum conditions, there have been a series of coronal- hole associated high speed streams and interstream sector boundaries. In this talk we will provide initial observations of the solar wind during selected time periods.

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