Anisotropies and helicities in the solar wind inertial and dissipation ranges at 1 AU

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Hamilton, Kathleen ^a   Smith, Charles W ^a   Vasquez, Bernard J ^a   Leamon, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 40949159372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012559     Document Type: Article

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