The solar dynamo

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 360, Issue 1801, 2002, Pages 2741-2756

  Tobias, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamo; Magnetic field; Magnetohydrodynamics; Solar; Sunspot cycle; The Sun

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242660843     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2002.1090     Document Type: Review

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