Energy release in a turbulent three-dimensional corona

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1131-1136

  Dahlburg, R B ^a   Einaudi, G ^b   Velli, M ^c   Linton, M G ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS; SOLAR ENERGY;

THREE-DIMENSIONAL CORONA;

SPACE RESEARCH;

CORONA;

EID: 0242594495     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00318-1     Document Type: Article

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