Streamer disconnection events observed with the LASCO coronagraph

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1349-1352

  Wang, Y M ^a   Sheeley Jr , N R ^a   Howard, R A ^a   Rich, N B ^a,c   Lamy, P L ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INTERFEROMETRICS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC FLUX; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROMETRY;

CORONAL HOLE; DENSITY ENHANCEMENT; FIELD OF VIEWS; HELIOCENTRIC DISTANCES; MAGNETIC DISCONNECTION;

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS (CME); LARGE ANGLE SPECTROMETRIC CORONAGRAPHS (LASCO); SOLAR WIND;

CORONA;

EID: 0033562242     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900177     Document Type: Article

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