The location of low Mach number bow shocks at Earth

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A11, 2001, Pages 25361-25376

  Fairfield, D H ^a   Cairns, Iver H ^b   Desch, M D ^a   Szabo, A ^a   Lazarus, A J ^c   Aellig, M R ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 39449099258     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja000252     Document Type: Article

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