LASCO observations of an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection on May 12, 1997

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2477-2480

  Plunkett, S P ^a,b   Thompson, B J ^b   Howard, R A ^c   Michels, D J ^c   St Cyr, O C ^b,c   Tappin, S J ^d   Schwenn, R ^e   Lamy, P L ^f  

^a University of Space Research Association   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^f AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SPEED; SUN; TELESCOPES; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

EARTH DIRECTED CORONAL MASS EJECTION; LARGE ANGLE SPECTROSCOPIC CORONAGRAPH; SOLAR DISK; SOLAR ERUPTION;

ASTROPHYSICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMPRESSIONAL WAVES; CORONAL MASS EJECTION; ERUPTIVE EVENTS; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; MOST LIKELY; SOLAR DISK; WHITE LIGHT;

EID: 0032114961     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL50307     Document Type: Article

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