Helicity of magnetic clouds and their associated active regions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A5, 2004, Pages

  Leamon, Robert J ^a,b   Canfield, Richard C ^a   Jones, Sarah L ^a,c   Lambkin, Keith ^a,d   Lundberg, Brian J ^a,e   Pevtsov, Alexei A ^a,f  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f NATIONAL SOLAR OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active regions; Electric currents; Magnetic clouds; Magnetic helicity; Solar eruptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749120770     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010324     Document Type: Article

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