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Determinations of interplanetary sector structure for the years 1970–1972 reveal the persistence of sector patterns during the decreasing portion of the solar cycle. The simple two-sector pattern of 1969 persists through 1970 but develops greater complexity in 1971–1972.
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Fairfield et al. (1974) studied this question.
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