Radial evolution of intermittent heat flux in solar coronal holes

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 485-494

  Markovskii, S A ^a   Hollweg, J V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

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SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 10644228582     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-11-485-2004     Document Type: Article

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