Systematics of ion Walén analysis of rotational discontinuities using E/Z measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A4, 2000, Pages 7617-7627

  Puhl Quinn, P A ^a   Scudder, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 39449112800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja000314     Document Type: Article

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