Photospheric Magnetic Evolution in the WHI Active Regions

Solar Physics

Volumn 274, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 131-157

  Welsch, B T ^a   Christe, S ^b   McTiernan, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Flares, dynamics; Helicity, magnetic; Magnetic fields, corona

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855320473     PISSN: 00380938     EISSN: 1573093X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-011-9759-9     Document Type: Article

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