Prominence eruptions and geoeffective solar wind structures

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 98, Issue , 1996, Pages 45-58

  Chen, James ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 27744594550     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM098p0045     Document Type: Chapter

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