Helicity patterns on the sun

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1867-1874

  Pevtsov, A A ^a   Balasubramaniam, K S ^a  

^a NATIONAL SOLAR OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; SUN;

HELICITY PATTERNS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

MAGNETIC FIELD;

EID: 0346599179     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)90620-X     Document Type: Article

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