Posteruptive phenomena in coronal mass ejections and substorms: Indicators of a universal process?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Reeves, K K ^a   Guild, T B ^b   Hughes, W J ^c   Korreck, K E ^a   Lin, J ^a   Raymond, J ^a   Savage, S ^d   Schwadron, N A ^c   Spence, H E ^c   Webb, D F ^e   Wiltberger, M ^f  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Boston University ^*  (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

coronal mass ejection; flares; reconnection; substorms

Indexed keywords

EID: 85121589809     PISSN: 21699380     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013049     Document Type: Article

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