Modelling large solar proton events with the shock-and-particle model - Extraction of the characteristics of the MHD shock front at the cobpoint

Jens Pomoell; Angels Aran; Carla Jacobs; Rosa Rodríguez-Gasén; Stefaan Poedts; Blai Sanahuja

doi:10.1051/swsc/2015015

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J. Space Weather Space Clim., 5 (2015) A12

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Issue		J. Space Weather Space Clim. Volume 5, 2015


Article Number		A12
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DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2015015
Published online		16 June 2015

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