The role of coronal mass ejections in solar activity

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 99, Issue , 1997, Pages 39-47

  Low, B C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84880125985     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM099p0039     Document Type: Chapter

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