Three-dimensional and twisted: An MHD interpretation of on-disk observational characteristics of coronal mass ejections

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A8, 2000, Pages 18187-18202

  Gibson, S E ^a,c   Low, B C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 39449138981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja000317     Document Type: Article

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