MHD flow visualization of magnetopause boundary region vortices observed during high-speed streams

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Collado Vega, Y M ^a,b   Kessel, R L ^a   Shao, X ^c   Boller, R A ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

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EID: 34548327183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA012104     Document Type: Article

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