A study of solar wind acceleration based on gyrotropic transport equations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A5, 1999, Pages 9963-9973

  Olsen, Espen Lyngdal ^a   Leer, Egil ^b  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 0000487960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998ja900152     Document Type: Article

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