Processes and mechanisms governing the initiation and propagation of CMEs

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3089-3101

  Vranak B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONAL MASS EJECTION; KINEMATICS; MAGNETIC FIELD; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 54349106478     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-3089-2008     Document Type: Article

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