Flow shear across solar wind discontinuities: WIND observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2649-2652

  De Keyser, J ^a   Roth, M ^a   Soding A ^b  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOMETERS; PLASMAS; VELOCITY; MAGNETISM; SOLAR WIND;

DIRECTIONAL DISCONTINUITIES; FLOW SHEAR; SOLAR WIND DISCONTINUITIES; TANGENTIAL DISCONTINUITIES;

WIND; SHEAR FLOW;

CONTINUOUS TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON DISTRIBUTIONS; FAST SOLAR WINDS; MAGNETIC FIELD DIRECTION; MAGNETIC FIELD ROTATION; MAGNETIC-FIELD INTENSITY; SOLAR WIND DISCONTINUITY; TANGENTIAL DISCONTINUITIES;

EID: 0032114716     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL51938     Document Type: Article

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