Relating white light and in situ observations of coronal mass ejections: A review

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1201-1213

  Rouillard, A P ^a,b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronal mass ejections; Magnetohydrodynamics; Solar wind; White light images

Indexed keywords

BASIC CONCEPTS; CORONAL MASS EJECTION; CORONAL PLASMAS; IMAGERS; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; INTERACTION REGION; INTERPLANETARY CMES; MAGNETIC FLUX ROPES; SHEATH REGIONS; THOMSON; WHITE LIGHT; WHITE LIGHT IMAGES;

MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC STRUCTURE; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; SOLAR WIND; SPHERES;

MAGNETOPLASMA;

EID: 79957958864     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2010.08.015     Document Type: Article

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