Physical properties of a coronal hole from a coronal diagnostic spectrometer, Mauna Loa Coronagraph, and LASCO observations during the Whole Sun Month

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A5, 1999, Pages 9801-9808

  Guhathakurta, M ^a,b   Fludra, A ^c   Gibson, S E ^a,b   Biesecker, D ^d   Fisher, R ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001676718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998ja900082     Document Type: Article

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