Dynamics of a toroidal magnetic cloud in the solar wind

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A6, 2001, Pages 10615-10624

  Romashets, E P ^a   Vandas, M ^b  

^a PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

^b ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

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EID: 39449100496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja900174     Document Type: Article

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