Formation of a compound slow shock-rotational discontinuity structure

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A6, 2000, Pages 13045-13053

  Lee, L C ^a   Wu, B H ^a   Chao, J K ^b   Lin, C H ^b   Li, Y ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 39449096264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja900011     Document Type: Article

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