Observations of magnetic helicity

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1855-1866

  van Driel Gesztelyi, L ^a,b,c,d   Demoulin P ^c   Mandrini, C H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^e INSTITUTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y FÍSICA DEL ESPACIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

MAGNETIC HELICITY;

SPACE RESEARCH;

MAGNETIC FIELD;

EID: 9144229144     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)90619-3     Document Type: Article

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