Global magnetic-field reversal in the Corona

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 141, Issue , 2004, Pages 51-64

  Low, Boon Chye ^a   Zhang, Mei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84891206497     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/141GM05     Document Type: Chapter

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