Predictions of the arrival time of coronal mass ejections at 1 AU: An analysis of the causes of errors

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 661-671

  Owens, M ^a   Cargill, P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astronomy and astrophysics (flarcs and mass ejections); Interplanetary physics (interplanetary magnetic fields; sources of the solar wind); Solar physics

Indexed keywords

SOLAR WIND; TRAJECTORY;

EID: 1342310013     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-661-2004     Document Type: Article

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