Nearly incompressible fluids: Decay of solar wind density fluctuations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Hunana, P ^a   Zank, G P ^a   Heerikhuisen, J ^a   Shaikh, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 58749108807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013136     Document Type: Article

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