Nonlinear Force-Free Reconstruction of the Global Solar Magnetic Field: Methodology

Solar Physics

Volumn 269, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 351-365

  Contopoulos, I ^a   Kalapotharakos, C ^a   Georgoulis, M K ^a  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Active regions, magnetic fields; Magnetic fields, corona

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952704276     PISSN: 00380938     EISSN: 1573093X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-011-9713-x     Document Type: Article

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