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Roberts & Goldstein 1998
Roberts, D.A. and Goldstein, M.L. (1998). Evidence for a high-latitude origin of lower latitude high-speed wind. Geophysical Research Letters 25: doi: 10.1029/98GL00332. issn: 0094-8276.

Using low-frequency spectra of the wind speed, density, and magnetic field strength, we show that the near-streamer belt solar wind at solar minimum exhibits many harmonics of fundamental frequencies corresponding to 26- and 34-day periods. Nearly all the low-frequency peaks in the spectra can be explained by these harmonics. The 26-day period is that of coronal hole rotation, and the 34-day period is naturally associated with the photospheric rotation period at about 70 ¿S latitude. Thus we find evidence that the wind flow near 25 ¿S comes from a region poleward of 60 ¿S, consistent with magnetic field models.

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Keywords
Interplanetary Physics, Sources of the solar wind, Interplanetary Physics, MHD waves and turbulence, Interplanetary Physics, Interplanetary magnetic fields, Interplanetary Physics, Solar wind plasma
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Geophysical Research Letters
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