Visibility of coronal mass ejections as a function of flare location and intensity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A12, 2005, Pages

  Yashiro, S ^a,b   Gopalswamy, N ^b   Akiyama, S ^a,b   Michalek, G ^a,b,c   Howard, R A ^d  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 33845737351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011151     Document Type: Article

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