The nature of moss and lower atmospheric seismology

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1839, 2006, Pages 383-394

  De Pontieu, B ^a   Erdelyi R ^b  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosphere; Corona; MHD waves; Sun; Transition region

Indexed keywords

EID: 32644432691     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2005.1704     Document Type: Review

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