Self-consistent three-dimensional steady state solutions of the MHD equations with field-aligned incompressible flow

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 269-302

  Petrie, Gordon J D ^a   Neukirch, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronal arcades; Euler potentials; Evershed effect; MHD flows; Sunspots

Indexed keywords

INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CORONAL ARCADES; EVERSHED EFFECTS; SUNSPOTS; SUPERALFVENIC FLOW;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EULER FLOW; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; SUNSPOT;

EID: 0034064454     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929908203707     Document Type: Article

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