Modeling radio scattering and scintillation observations of the inner solar wind using oblique Alfvén/ion cyclotron waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A3, 2005, Pages

  Harmon, John K ^a,c   Coles, William A ^b  

^a ARECIBO OBSERVATORY   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Arecibo Observatory   (Puerto Rico)

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EID: 33747237327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010834     Document Type: Article

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