Topology is destiny: Reconnection energetics in the corona

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 571-576

  Longcope, D W ^a   Kankelborg, C C ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; SOLAR ACTIVITY; CORONA; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 0042453375     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353272     Document Type: Article

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