Dynamics of solar wind protons reflected by the Moon

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Holmstrom M ^a   Wieser, M ^a   Barabash, S ^a   Futaana, Y ^a   Bhardwaj, A ^b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

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EID: 77954395389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014843     Document Type: Article

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