Relation between the radial speed and the expansion speed of coronal mass ejections

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2637-2640

  Dal Lago, A ^a   Schwenn, R ^b   Gonzalez, W D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; EARTH (PLANET);

CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS (CME); RADIAL SPEED;

SPACE RESEARCH;

CORONA;

EID: 0347051785     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)90443-1     Document Type: Article

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