North-south flows observed in the outer heliosphere at solar minimum: Vortex streets or corotating interaction regions?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A8, 2001, Pages 15973-15984

  Goldstein, M L ^a   Roberts, D A ^a   Burlaga, L F ^a   Siregar, E ^a,b   Deane, A E ^a,c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Emergent Information Technologies   (United States)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

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EID: 39449123821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja000106     Document Type: Article

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