Solar wind stream interfaces in corotating interaction regions: SWICS/Ulysses results

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 102, Issue A8, 1997, Pages 17407-17417

  Wimmer Schweingruber, Robert F ^a   Von Steiger, Rudolf ^a,b   Paerli, Raoul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 37149008670     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JA00951     Document Type: Article

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