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Christon & Stone 1985
Christon, S.P. and Stone, E.C. (1985). Latitude variation of recurrent MeV-energy proton flux enhancements in the heliocentric radial range 11 t 20 AU and possible correlation with solar coronal hole dynamics. Geophysical Research Letters 12: doi: 10.1029/GL012i002p00109. issn: 0094-8276.

Recurrent low energy (>0.5 MeV) proton flux enhancements, reliable indicators of corotating plasma interaction regions in interplanetary space, have been observed on the Voyager 1 and 2 and Pioneer 11 spacecraft in the heliographic latitude range 2¿S to 23¿N and the heliocentric radial range 11 to 20 AU. After a period of rather high correlation between fluxes at different latitudes in early 1983, distinct differences develop. The evolution of the fluxes appears to be related to the temporal and latitudinal dynamics of solar coronal holes, suggesting that information about the latitudinal structure of solar wind stream sources propagates to these distances.

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