Scales of heliospheric current sheet coherence between 1 and 5 AU

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A8, 2001, Pages 15963-15971

  Crooker, N U ^a   Kahler, S W ^b   Gosling, J T ^c   Larson, D E ^d   Lepping, R P ^e   Smith, E J ^f   De Keyser, J ^g  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

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EID: 39449121041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja000109     Document Type: Article

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