The small amplitude of density turbulence in the inner solar wind

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 113-120

  Spangler, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMA; SOLAR WIND; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0037708367     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-10-113-2003     Document Type: Article

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