Comparison of the bubble and blob distributions during the solar minimum

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Choi, H S ^a,b,c   Kil, H ^d   Kwak, Y S ^b   Park, Y D ^b   Cho, K S ^b  

^a Republic of Korea Air Force   (South Korea)

^b Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI)   (South Korea)

^c University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84859904776     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA017292     Document Type: Article

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