Inferring of flux rope orientation with the minimum variance analysis technique

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A11, 2004, Pages

  Xiao, C J ^a,b   Pu, Z Y ^a   Ma, Z W ^c   Fu, S Y ^a   Huang, Z Y ^a   Zong, Q G ^d,e  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (China)

^d Boston University   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flux rope; Flux rope orientation; Minimum variance analysis; MVA

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849120497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010594     Document Type: Article

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