Nonstationarity of a two-dimensional perpendicular shock: Competing mechanisms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Lembège, Bertrand ^a   Savoini, Philippe ^a   Hellinger, Petr ^b,c   Trávníček, Pavel M ^b,c  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^c IAP   (Czech Republic)

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EID: 67649132950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013618     Document Type: Article

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