The change of solar shape in time and depth. Some consequences for space climate

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1000-1005

  Lefebvre, S ^a,b   Rozelot, J P ^c,d   Kosovichev, A G ^e  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravity field (91.10.Qm); Interior (96.60.Jw); Rotation (96.60.Bn); Sun: characteristic and properties (96.60. j); Transition regions (96.60.Xy)

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR VELOCITY; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH (PLANET); GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; IRRADIATION; LUMINANCE; OBSERVATORIES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

GRAVITY FIELD; NON HOMOGENEOUS MASS DISTRIBUTION; SOLAR TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS; TRANSITION REGIONS;

SUN;

EID: 34548801349     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.01.086     Document Type: Article

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