Understanding the evolution of the Sun's open magnetic flux

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 621-624

  Wang, Y M ^a   Sheeley N R , Jr ^a   Lean, J ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLAR ACTIVITY;

SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUN;

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION; DIFFERENTIAL ROTATION; FIELD COMPONENTS; HIGHER LATITUDES; INTERPLANETARY MEDIUM; MERIDIONAL FLOWS; SUPERGRANULAR DIFFUSION; SURFACE TRANSPORT PROCESS;

MAGNETISM; GEOMAGNETISM;

BIPOLAR MAGNETIC REGION; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD; ROTATIONAL SHEARING; SUPERGRANULAR DIFFUSION;

EID: 0034353368     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL010759     Document Type: Article

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