Single-spacecraft detection of rolled-up Kelvin-Helmholtz vortices at the flank magnetopause

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Hasegawa, H ^a   Fujimoto, M ^a   Takagi, K ^b   Saito, Y ^a   Mukai, T ^a   Reme H ^c  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c IRAP   (France)

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EID: 33947541461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011728     Document Type: Article

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