Forward modelling to determine the observational signatures of white-light imaging and interplanetary scintillation for the propagation of an interplanetary shock in the ecliptic plane

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1270-1280

  Xiong, Ming ^a   Breen, A R ^a   Bisi, M M ^a   Owens, M J ^b   Fallows, R A ^a   Dorrian, G D ^c   Davies, J A ^d   Thomasson, P ^e  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heliospheric imaging; Interplanetary scintillation; Multi scale modelling

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT PROPAGATION; COORDINATED OBSERVATIONS; CORONAL MASS EJECTION; CUT-THROUGH; DENSITY CAVITY; ECLIPTIC PLANE; ELECTRON DENSITIES; FIELD OF VIEWS; FORWARD MODELLING; HELIOSPHERIC IMAGING; IMAGERS; IN-SITU; INTERPLANETARY SCINTILLATION; INTERPLANETARY SHOCKS; INTERPLANETARY SPACE; INVERSE APPROACH; MACRO SCALE; MICRO-SCALES; MULTI-SCALE MODELLING; MULTISCALES; NUMERICAL MODELS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; OPTICAL IMAGE; SHOCK FRONTS; SHOCK PROPAGATION; SOLAR ERUPTION; STEREO SPACECRAFT; SUN-EARTH LINE; WHITE LIGHT;

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; REMOTE SENSING; SCINTILLATION; SHOCK WAVES; SPHERES; SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT;

EID: 79957956819     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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