Solar chromospheric spicules from the leakage of photospheric oscillations and flows

Nature

Volumn 430, Issue 6999, 2004, Pages 536-539

  De Pontiou, Bart ^a   Erdétyl, Robert ^b   James, Stewart P ^b  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; JETS; MAGNETIC FLUX; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

LOW SOLAR CORONA; RESONANT CAVITY;

OSCILLATIONS;

SOLAR ACTIVITY;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; DYNAMICS; EVOLUTION; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY; SUN; SURFACE PROPERTY; VELOCITY;

EID: 3242889116     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02749     Document Type: Article

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