Changes in Quasi-periodic Variations of Solar Photospheric Fields: Precursor to the Deep Solar Minimum in Cycle 23?

Solar Physics

Volumn 289, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-61

  Bisoi, Susanta Kumar ^a   Janardhan, P ^a   Chakrabarty, D ^a   Ananthakrishnan, S ^b   Divekar, Ankur ^b  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

Magnetic fields, photosphere; Solar cycle, observations; Solar periodicity; Surges

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887989704     PISSN: 00380938     EISSN: 1573093X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-013-0335-3     Document Type: Article

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