Why are CMEs large-scale coronal events: Nature or nurture?

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3077-3088

  Van Driel Gesztelyi, L ^a,b,c   Attrill, G D R ^a   Demoulin P ^b   Mandrini, C H ^d   Harra, L K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d INSTITUTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y FÍSICA DEL ESPACIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONA; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE EFFECT; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 54249126946     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-3077-2008     Document Type: Article

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