Numerous small magnetic field discontinuities of Bartels rotation 2286 and the potential role of Alfvénic turbulence

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Vasquez, Bernard J ^a   Abramenko, Valentyna I ^b   Haggerty, Dennis K ^c,d   Smith, Charles W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Applied Physics Laboratory   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 38549177963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012504     Document Type: Article

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