Quantitative estimates of the slab and 2-D power in solar wind turbulence using multispacecraft data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Osman, K T ^a   Horbury, T S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70349434776     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA014036     Document Type: Article

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