Dayside erosion during intervals of tenuous solar wind

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A11, 2001, Pages 25517-25527

  Farrugia, Charles J ^a   Mühlbachler, Stefan ^b,c   Biernat, Helfried K ^b,c   Torbert, Roy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

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EID: 39449087820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001ja000087     Document Type: Article

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