Coronal mass ejection speeds measured in the solar corona using LASCO C2 and C3 images

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2619-2624

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

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y FÍSICA DEL ESPACIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; SOLAR ENERGY;

CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS (CME); SOLAR CORONA;

SPACE RESEARCH;

CORONA;

EID: 0347682422     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)90440-6     Document Type: Article

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