Why Does the Sun Sometimes Look Like a Magnetic Monopole,

Abstract

For several months in early 1965 the sun appeared to have large-scale magnetic field directed outwards at nearly all latitudes and longitudes. Several independent observations that lead to this puzzling situation are discussed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 11, 1972
Accession Number
AD0743509

Entities

People

  • John M. Wilcox

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Grids
  • Grids (Coordinates)
  • Latitude
  • Longitude
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Observation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Solar Physics
  • Theoretical Analysis.