Three-dimensional MHD simulation of CMEs in three-dimensional background solar wind with the self-consistent structure on the source surface as input: Numerical simulation of the January 1997 Sun-Earth connection event

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Shen, Fang ^a   Feng, Xueshang ^a   Wu, S T ^b   Xiang, Changqing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 34548370700     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA012164     Document Type: Article

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