Measurement of magnetic helicity flux into the solar corona

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1917-1922

  Kusano, K ^a   Maeshiro, T ^a   Yokoyama, T ^b   Sakurai, T ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOMETERS; SUN; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

MAGNETIC HELICITY; PHOTOSPHERE;

SPACE RESEARCH;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0347228957     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)90626-0     Document Type: Article

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