Magnetohydrodynamic modeling of the global solar corona

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 6, Issue 5 I, 1999, Pages 2217-2224

  Mikić, Zoran ^a   Linker, Jon A ^a   Schnack, Dalton D ^a   Lionello, Roberto ^a   Tarditi, Alfonso ^a  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 0013233748     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.873474     Document Type: Article

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