Examine the local linear growth rate of collisional Rayleigh-Taylor instability during solar maximum

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Lee, Chien Chih ^a  

^a CHING YUN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 33947538523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011925     Document Type: Article

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