Comment on "Comment on the abundances of rotational and tangential discontinuities in the solar wind" by M. Neugebauer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Tsurutani, Bruce T ^a   Lakhina, Gurbax S ^b   Verkhoglyadova, Olga P ^c   Echer, Ezequiel ^d   Guarnieri, Femando L ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

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EID: 35148893179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011973     Document Type: Note

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