Limb spicules from the ground and from space

Solar Physics

Volumn 260, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-82

  Pasachoff, Jay M ^a,b   Jacobson, William A ^a   Sterling, Alphonse C ^c  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hinode; Solar dynamics observatory; Sun: chromosphere; Sun: spicules; Swedish 1 m solar telescope; TRACE

Indexed keywords

EID: 74449088241     PISSN: 00380938     EISSN: 1573093X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-009-9430-x     Document Type: Article

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