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Latitudinal distribution of solar-wind speed from magnetic observations of the Sun

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Empirical studies suggest a close relationship between the solar-wind speed near the Earth and the magnetic structure of the solar corona. The correlation can be used to infer the latitudinal distribution of wind speed at different phases of the sunspot cycle, and to identify the sources of fast, high-latitude wind streams such as those that might be encountered by the Ulysses spacecraft on its journey toward the solar poles during 1992–1995.

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Wang, YM., Sheeley, N. & Nash, A. Latitudinal distribution of solar-wind speed from magnetic observations of the Sun. Nature 347, 439–444 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1038/347439a0

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