Sudden transitions and grand variations in the solar dynamo, past and future

Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  De Jager, Cornelis ^a   Duhau, Silvia ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Active regions; Dynamo; Poloidal field; Sun; Toroidal field

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880299986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21157251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/swsc/2012008     Document Type: Article

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