Cone model for halo CMEs: Application to space weather forecasting

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A3, 2004, Pages

  Xie, Hong ^a,c   Ofman, Leon ^a,c   Lawrence, Gareth ^a,b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone model; Coronal mass ejections; Space weather

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749095643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010226     Document Type: Article

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