Combining remote and in situ observations of coronal mass ejections to better constrain magnetic cloud reconstruction

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Owens, M J ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 61349111316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008ja013589     Document Type: Article

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