Magnetohydrodynamic modeling of the solar corona during Whole Sun Month

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A5, 1999, Pages 9809-9830

  Linker, J A ^a   Mikic Z ^a   Biesecker, D A ^b,c,j   Forsyth, R J ^d   Gibson, S E ^e,f   Lazarus, A J ^g   Lecinski, A ^h   Riley, P ^a,i   Szabo, A ^j   Thompson, B J ^j  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c SM and A Corporation   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ SciberNet Inc   (United States)

^j NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0001676717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998ja900159     Document Type: Article

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