Finding the Lyon-Fedder-Mobarry magnetopause: A statistical perspective

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Garcia K S ^a,b   Hughes, W J ^a,b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

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EID: 34548312638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA012039     Document Type: Article

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