Asymmetry of magnetosheath flows and magnetopause shape during low Alfvén Mach number solar wind
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2169-9380
DOI: 10.1002/jgra.50145