Temporal variations of geocoronal and heliospheric X-ray emission associated with the solar wind interaction with neutrals

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A11, 2001, Pages 24883-24892

  Cravens, T E ^a   Robertson, I P ^a   Snowden, S L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 39449089677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja000461     Document Type: Article

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