Deriving the radial distances of wide coronal mass ejections from elongation measurements in the heliosphere - Application to CME-CME interaction

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3479-3488

  Lugaz, N ^a   Vourlidas, A ^b   Roussev, I I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interplanetary physics (Interplanetary shocks); Solar physics, astrophysics, and astronomy (Flares and mass ejections; Instruments and techniques)

Indexed keywords

CORONAL MASS EJECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR WIND; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 77749328713     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-3479-2009     Document Type: Article

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