Surface evolution of the sun's magnetic field: A historical review of the flux-transport mechanism

Living Reviews in Solar Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-27

  Sheeley Jr , Neil R ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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