Sigmoid CME source regions at the Sun: Some recent results

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 1427-1435

  Sterling, Alphonse C ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs); Solar EUV X rays; Solar flares; Space weather

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001572813     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(00)00089-4     Document Type: Article

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