SOHO/EIT observations of an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection on May 12, 1997

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2465-2468

  Thompson, B J ^a   Plunkett, S P ^a,b   Gurman, J B ^a   Newmark, J S ^a   St Cyr, O C ^a,c   Michels, D J ^a,c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Space Research Association   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; EARTH (PLANET); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SUN; TELESCOPES;

CORONAL MASS EJECTION; EXPANDING RING; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET IMAGING TELESCOPES; ONSET-TIME; SOURCE REGION;

EARTH SCIENCES; ASTROPHYSICS;

EARTH DIRECTED CORONAL MASS EJECTION; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET IMAGING TELESCOPE; LARGE ANGLE SPECTROMETRIC CORONAGRAPH; SOLAR ERUPTION;

EID: 0032118862     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL50429     Document Type: Article

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