Do coronal mass ejections implode in the solar wind?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1529-1532

  Riley, Pete ^a,b   Gosling, J T ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SciberNet Inc   (United States)

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EID: 0043176644     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01057     Document Type: Article

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