A measure from line-of-sight magnetograms for prediction of coronal mass ejections

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A10, 2003, Pages

  Falconer, D A ^a,b   Moore, R L ^a   Gary, G A ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Active region; Coronal mass ejection; Flare; Halo; Prediction; Space weather

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044225260     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010030     Document Type: Article

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