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    E. A. Lucek

  4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

    J. Pickett

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Goldstein1, M.L., Eastwood, J.P., Treumann, R.A. et al. The Near-Earth Solar Wind. Space Sci Rev 118, 7–39 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-005-3823-4

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