The Relationship Between Solar Flares and Solar Sector Boundaries.
Abstract
A superposed epoch analysis of 1964-1970 solar flares shows a marked increase in flare occurrence within a day of (-+) solar sector boundaries as well as a local minimum in flare occurrence near (+-) sector boundaries. This preference for (-+) boundaries is more noticeable for northern hemisphere flares, where these polarities match the Hale polarity law, but is not reversed in the south. Plage regions do not show such a preference.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 23, 1974
- Accession Number
- ADA002287
Entities
People
- P. H. Dittmer
Organizations
- Stanford University