Review of discontinuities and Alfven waves in interplanetary space: Ulysses results

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 517-541

  Tsurutani, Bruce T ^a   Ho, Christian M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0033391808     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999RG900010     Document Type: Review

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