Classification of probability densities on the basis of Pearson's curves with application to coronal heating simulations

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 10, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 323-333

  Podladchikova, O ^a   Lefebvre, B ^b   Krasnoselskikh, V ^b   Podladchikov, V ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF UKRAINE   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONA; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 0042830389     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-10-323-2003     Document Type: Article

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