Further evidence of wave refraction associated with extended rarefaction events in the solar wind

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A1, 2004, Pages

  Smith, Charles W ^a,b   Mullan, Dermott J ^a   Ness, Norman F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Plasma waves; Solar wind; Wave reflection

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749120336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010113     Document Type: Article

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