Modeling the coronal magnetic field, with a new method for obtaining boundary conditions on the farside of the Sun

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A5, 1999, Pages 9831-9846

  Clegg, J R ^a   Bromage, B J I ^a   Browning, P K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001099190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998ja900149     Document Type: Article

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