X-ray spectral observations of a solar active region corona

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 2263-2266

  Sterling, Alphonse C ^a,b,c  

^a Computational Physics Inc ^*  (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTROMETERS;

ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; MICROFLARES; SOLAR ACTIVE REGION CORONA; X RAY FLUX;

SUN; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE;

ACTIVE REGIONS; BRAGG CRYSTAL SPECTROMETER; CORONAL TEMPERATURES; SOLAR ACTIVE REGIONS; SPECTRAL OBSERVATIONS; TEMPERATURE DECREASE; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TWO-COMPONENT;

EID: 0031236088     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL52351     Document Type: Article

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