A new approach to modeling non-force free coronal magnetic field

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 15, 2006, Pages

  Hu, Qiang ^a,b   Dasgupta, Brahmananda ^a,b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; FORCE CONTROL; MAGNETOMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; VECTORS;

LINEAR FORCE FREE FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELD COMPONENTS; PHOTOSPHERIC LEVEL;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

MAGNETIC FIELD; OPTIMIZATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 33845630632     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026952     Document Type: Article

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