Magnetic field observations of transient events at Ulysses, 1996-2000

During the years 1996-2000 solar activity has been gradually rising and is now close to maximum. At the same time the Ulysses spacecraft has performed a north to south traverse of the low latitude regions of the heliosphere a nd is now once again travelling through high southerly latitudes. We show s ome examples and report on the occurence rates of transient solar wind dist urbances which have been identified by their magnetic field signatures. 'Ma gnetic clouds' remain more common at low (compared to high) latitudes despi te the rise in solar activity. However, more events were observed at high l atitudes than at solar minimum.