On the three-dimensional configuration of electrostatic solitary waves

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 313-318

  Krasovsky, V L ^a,b   Matsumoto, H ^a   Omura, Y ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLITARY WAVE;

EID: 7044223240     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-11-313-2004     Document Type: Article

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