Helicity transport and generation in the solar convection zone

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1845-1853

  Longcope, D W ^a   Pevtsov, A A ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SOLAR OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMOMETERS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

SOLAR CONVECTION ZONE;

SPACE RESEARCH;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 0242649890     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)90618-1     Document Type: Article

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