Simulation of the Unusual Solar Minimum with 3D SIP-CESE MHD Model by Comparison with Multi-Satellite Observations

Solar Physics

Volumn 271, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-110

  Yang, Liping ^a,b   Feng, Xueshang ^a   Xiang, Changqing ^a   Zhang, Shaohua ^a,b   Wu, S T ^c  

^a CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Numerical MHD method; Polar field; Solar minimum; Solar wind simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960700640     PISSN: 00380938     EISSN: 1573093X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-011-9785-7     Document Type: Article

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