Solar wind plasma parameters on Ulysses: Detailed comparison between the URAP and SWOOPS experiments

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A8, 2001, Pages 15665-15675

  Issautier, Karine ^a   Skoug, R M ^b   Gosling, J T ^b   Gary, S P ^b   McComas, D J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 39449091992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja000412     Document Type: Review

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