Rate of helicity production by solar rotation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A5, 2000, Pages 10481-10490

  Berger, Mitchell A ^a   Ruzmaikin, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 39449129054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900392     Document Type: Article

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