A new non-pressure-balanced structure in interplanetary space: Boundary layers of magnetic clouds

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Wei, Fengsi ^a   Feng, Xueshang ^a   Yang, Fang ^a   Zhong, Dingkun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 33845606019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011272     Document Type: Article

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