Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and their geoeffectiveness

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1807-1817

  Plunkett, Simon P ^a   Wu, Shi Tsan ^b  

^a University of Space Research Association   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE RESEARCH; SUN;

CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS (CME);

PLASMA THEORY;

EID: 0034458941     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.902210     Document Type: Article

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