Geometry of low-frequency solar wind magnetic turbulence: Evidence for radially aligned Alfvénic fluctuations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A5, 1999, Pages 9975-9988

  Saur, Joachim ^a,b   Bieber, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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EID: 0001423648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998ja900077     Document Type: Article

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