A tilted-dipole MHD model of the solar corona and solar wind

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A9, 2003, Pages

  Usmanov, A V ^a,b   Goldstein, M L ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Coronal holes; MHD simulation; Solar wind sources; Solar wind structure; Ulysses; Wang Sheeley model

Indexed keywords

EID: 15244349737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009777     Document Type: Article

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