Characteristics of magnetic fluctuations within coronal mass ejections: The January 1997 event

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2505-2508

  Leamon, Robert J ^a   Smith, Charles W ^a   Ness, Norman F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; FREQUENCIES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PROTONS; SUN; GEOMETRY;

CORONAL MASS EJECTION; MAGNETIC CLOUD; MAGNETIC FLUCTUATION; PROTON GYROFREQUENCY; SOLAR WIND;

ASTROPHYSICS; MAGNETISM;

CORONAL MASS EJECTION; FREQUENCY RANGES; GYROFREQUENCIES; MAGNETIC DISSIPATION; MAGNETIC ENERGIES; MAGNETIC FLUCTUATION; MEAN MAGNETIC FIELD; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC;

EID: 0032115792     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00305     Document Type: Article

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