Day the solar wind almost disappeared: Magnetic field fluctuations, wave refraction and dissipation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A9, 2001, Pages 18625-18634

  Smith, Charles W ^a   Mullan, Dermott J ^a   Ness, Norman F ^a   Skoug, Ruth M ^b   Steinberg, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 39449122816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001ja000022     Document Type: Article

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