STEREO observations of interplanetary coronal mass ejections and prominence deflection during solar minimum period

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4491-4503

  Kilpua, E K J ^a   Pomoell, J ^a   Vourlidas, A ^c   Vainio, R ^a   Luhmann, J ^b   Li, Y ^b   Schroeder, P ^b   Galvin, A B ^d   Simunac, K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Interplanetary physics (Interplanetary magnetic fields; Solar wind plasma); Solar physics, astrophysics, and astronomy (Flares and mass ejections)

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; CORONAL MASS EJECTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; PLASMA; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR WIND; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77951798367     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-4491-2009     Document Type: Article

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