Comparison of kinetic and hydrodynamic descriptions of the proton polar wind in the transition to collisionless flow

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 103, Issue A3, 1998, Pages 4097-4113

  Lie Svendsen, Øystein ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

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