Solar Mass Ejection Imager (SMEI) observations of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in the heliosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Webb, D F ^a   Mizuno, D R ^a   Buffington, A ^c,g   Cooke, M P ^d   Eyles, C J ^d   Fry, C D ^e   Gentile, L C ^a   Hick, P P ^c,g   Holladay, P E ^b   Howard, T A ^f   Hewitt, J G ^b   Jackson, B V ^c,g   Johnston, J C ^b   Kuchar, T A ^a   Mozer, J B ^b   Price, S ^b   Radick, R R ^b   Simnett, G M ^d   Tappin, S J ^d  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e Exploration Physics International Inc   (United States)

^f MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33947647340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011655     Document Type: Article

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