Low-density anomalies and sub-Alfvénic solar wind

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A1, 2005, Pages

  Usmanov, A V ^a,b   Goldstein, M L ^a   Ogilvie, K W ^a   Farrell, W M ^a   Lawrence, G R ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

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EID: 33747064158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010699     Document Type: Article

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