High-frequency acoustic waves are not sufficient to heat the solar chromosphere

Nature

Volumn 435, Issue 7044, 2005, Pages 919-921

  Fossum, Astrid ^a   Carlsson, Mats ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FLUXES; RADIATION EFFECTS;

ACOUSTIC ENERGY FLUXES; HIGH-FREQUENCY DISTURBANCES; RADIATIVE LOSSES; SOLAR CHROMOSPHERE;

SOLAR HEATING;

SOLAR PHENOMENA;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEATING; OSCILLATION; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 21244448418     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03695     Document Type: Article

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