Three-dimensional MHD simulation of a loop-like magnetic cloud in the solar wind

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A9, 2002, Pages

  Vandas, M ^a,b   Odstrcil D ^a,b   Watari, S ^b  

^a ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronal mass ejections; Flux ropes; Interplanetary magnetic fields; Magnetic clouds; MHD simulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749099917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA005068     Document Type: Article

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