Three-dimensional stereoscopic analysis of solar active region loops. I. SOHO/EIT observations at temperatures of (1.0-1.5) × 106 K

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 515, Issue 2 PART 1, 1999, Pages 842-867

  Aschwanden, Markus J ^a,i   Newmark, Jeffrey S ^b   Delaboudinière, Jean Pierre ^c   Neupert, Werner M ^d   Klimchuk, J A ^e   Gary, G Allen ^f   Portier Fozzani, Fabrice ^g   Zucker, Arik ^h  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d Hughes SXT Corporation   (United States)

^e NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g CNRS   (France)

^h ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Sun: activity; Sun: corona; Sun: UV radiation; Techniques: image processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033430769     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/307036     Document Type: Article

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