A numerical study on the acceleration and transit time of coronal mass ejections in the interplanetary medium

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A1, 2003, Pages

  González Esparza, J Américo ^a   Lara, Alejandro ^a   Pérez Tijerina, Eduardo ^a   Santillán, Alfredo ^a   Gopalswamy, Nat ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

CMEs; Ejecta; Interplanetary; Numerical simulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 28944450331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA009186     Document Type: Article

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