Heliospheric plasma sheets

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A3, 2004, Pages

  Crooker, N U ^a   Huang, C L ^a   Lamassa, S M ^a   Larson, D E ^b   Kahler, S W ^c   Spence, H E ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heliospheric current sheet; Magnetic holes; Sector boundary

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749093844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010170     Document Type: Article

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