Quasi-monochromatic ULF foreshock waves as observed by the four-spacecraft Cluster mission: 1. Statistical properties

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A11, 2005, Pages

  Eastwood, J P ^a   Balogh, A ^b   Lucek, E A ^b   Mazelle, C ^c   Dandouras, I ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

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EID: 37549004465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010617     Document Type: Article

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