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https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-871-2013
© Author(s) 2013. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Discontinuities and Alfvénic fluctuations in the solar wind
G. Paschmann
Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany
S. Haaland
Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany
Birkeland Centre for Space Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
B. Sonnerup
Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
T. Knetter
Auguste-Viktoria-Schule, Flensburg, Germany
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