The Latitudinal Structure of Solar Wind Streams from Radio Scintillation Observations,

Abstract

We investigate the relation between the solar corona and high-speed solar wind measured from interplanetary scintillations (IPS). Preliminary results show that regions of high coronal intensity of the 5303 A Fe XIV green line are associated with low IPS velocities, whereas regions of low intensity are associated with both low and high velocities. There is some indication at high heliographic latitudes that the IPS velocity is inversely correlated with the angular divergence of the coronal magnetic field. We present a new model for the turbulence profile in a solar wind stream, which will be used to refine our interpretation of IPS data. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 02, 1978
Accession Number
ADA061454

Entities

People

  • J. J. Kaufman

Organizations

  • University of California, San Diego

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Data Sets
  • Electron Density
  • High Latitudes
  • Information Science
  • Latitude
  • Line Of Sight
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Observation
  • Scattering
  • Solar Corona
  • Solar Wind
  • Spacecraft
  • Turbulence
  • White Light
  • Wind Velocity
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Solar Physics
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.