Global distribution of coronal mass outputs and its relation to solar magnetic field structures

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A6, 2003, Pages

  Wei, Fengsi ^a   Feng, Xueshang ^a   Cai, Hongchang ^a   Zhou, Qingjun ^a  

^a CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Coronal mass output flux; Current sheet; Global structure; Solar magnetic field

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749665535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009439     Document Type: Article

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