Mapping of Poynting flux and widths of inertial Alfvén wave structures in high-latitude plasmas

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Singh, Nagendra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 33947584814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011571     Document Type: Article

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