Internal and external reconnection in a series of homologous solar flares

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A11, 2001, Pages 25227-25238

  Sterling, Alphonse C ^a   Moore, Ronald L ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 39449106850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja004001     Document Type: Article

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