Effects of the interaction and evolution of interplanetary shocks on "background" solar wind speeds

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Wu, Chin Chun ^a,b   Feng, X S ^b   Wu, S T ^a   Dryer, M ^c,d   Fry, C D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Exploration Physics International Inc   (United States)

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EID: 33947661913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011615     Document Type: Article

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