Global structure and dynamics of large-scale fluctuations in the solar wind: Voyager 2 observations during 2005 and 2006

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Burlaga, L F ^a   Ness, N F ^b   Acuna M H ^a   Wang, Y M ^c   Sheeley Jr , N R ^c   Wang, C ^d   Richardson, J D ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 41849130283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012796     Document Type: Article

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