The thermal properties of solar flares over three solar cycles using GOES X-ray observations

Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Ryan, Daniel F ^a   Milligan, Ryan O ^b,c,d   Gallagher, Peter T ^a   Dennis, Brian R ^b   Kim Tolbert, A ^b,e   Schwartz, Richard A ^b,c   Alex Young, C ^b,f  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e Wyle Information Systems Inc   (United States)

^f ADNET SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

catalogs; methods: statistical; Sun: atmosphere; Sun: corona; Sun: flares; Sun: X rays gamma rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866954261     PISSN: 00670049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0067-0049/202/2/11     Document Type: Article

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