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Science 25 December 1964:
Vol. 146. no. 3652, pp. 1671 - 1672
DOI: 10.1126/science.146.3652.1671
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Radar Observations of the Corona and Mariner II Measurements of the Flux in the Solar Wind

John C. Brandt 1

1 Kitt Peak National Observatory, Tucson, Arizona

Radar observations of the corona can be used with a specified model of the corona to derive the particle flux in the solar wind at Earth. The most plausible model considered gives good agreement with the results obtained directly by the Mariner II plasma probe.

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