Simulations of coronal type III solar radio bursts: 1. Simulation model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Li, Bo ^a   Cairns, Iver H ^a   Robinson, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 50249168128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012957     Document Type: Article

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