Consequences of the force-free model of magnetic clouds for their heliospheric evolution

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Leitner, M ^a,b   Farrugia, C J ^c   Mostl C ^a,b   Ogilvie, K W ^d   Galvin, A B ^c   Schwenn, R ^e   Biernat, H K ^a,b  

^a Space Research Institute Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

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EID: 34548342927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011940     Document Type: Article

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