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Desai et al. 2006
Desai, M.I., Mason, G.M., Mazur, J.E. and Dwyer, J.R. (2006). Origin of heavy ions in upstream events near the Earth's bow shock. Geophysical Research Letters 33: doi: 10.1029/2006GL027277. issn: 0094-8276.

We have surveyed the ~20--160 keV/nucleon heavy ion composition of 2102 upstream events observed by the Wind/STEP instrument near the Earth's bow shock over a complete solar cycle from day 325, 1994 through day 90, 2006. Our main results are: (1) During solar minimum conditions, both the C/O and Fe/O ratios are similar to the corresponding values measured in the solar wind and/or CIRs. (2) During solar maximum conditions, the C/O ratio is similar to that measured in SEP and CME-driven IP shock events, while the Fe/O ratio lies between the values measured in IP shock and SEP events. We conclude that the source material for upstream events near the Earth's bow shock originates from a dynamic suprathermal ion population that is dominated by ions accelerated in SEP events during solar maximum conditions and by suprathermal solar wind ions and/or those accelerated in CIRs during solar minimum conditions.

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Interplanetary Physics, Energetic particles, Interplanetary Physics, Solar cycle variations, Interplanetary Physics, Planetary bow shocks, Interplanetary Physics, Corotating streams, Interplanetary Physics, Coronal mass ejections
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Geophysical Research Letters
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