The Elephant's Trunk: Spectroscopic diagnostics applied to SOHO/CDS observations of the August 1996 equatorial coronal hole

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A5, 1999, Pages 9753-9766

  Del Zanna, G ^a   Bromage, B J I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000805794     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998ja900067     Document Type: Article

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