Solar Flux Emergence Simulations

Solar Physics

Volumn 268, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 271-282

  Stein, R F ^a   Lagerfjard A ^b   Nordlund, A ^b   Georgobiani, D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Astronomical Observatory/Niels Bohr Institute ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Convection; Dynamics; Magnetic fields; Magnetic flux emergence; Sun

Indexed keywords

EID: 79651472324     PISSN: 00380938     EISSN: 1573093X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-010-9510-y     Document Type: Article

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