Fitting flux ropes to a global MHD solution: A comparison of techniques

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 15-16 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 1321-1331

  Riley, Pete ^a   Linker, J A ^a   Lionello, R ^a   Mikic Z ^a   Odstrcil, D ^b   Hidalgo, M A ^c   Cid, C ^c   Hu, Q ^d,h   Lepping, R P ^e   Lynch, B J ^f   Rees, A ^g  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronal mass ejection; Heliosphere; Magnetic cloud; Magnetic flux rope; Magnetohydrodynamic simulation; Solar wind; Sun

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE RESEARCH; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WIND;

CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS (CME); FLUX ROPE FITTING (FRF); MHD SIMULATIONS; SOLAR WINDS;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 7244248872     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2004.03.019     Document Type: Article

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