Plasma depletion and mirror waves ahead of interplanetary coronal mass ejections

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Liu, Y ^a,b   Richardson, J D ^a,b   Belcher, J W ^a   Kasper, J C ^a   Skoug, R M ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 33947547461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011723     Document Type: Article

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