THE 3-DIMENSIONAL EXTENT OF A HIGH-SPEED SOLAR-WIND STREAM

Citation
Rj. Macdowall et al., THE 3-DIMENSIONAL EXTENT OF A HIGH-SPEED SOLAR-WIND STREAM, Space science reviews, 72(1-2), 1995, pp. 125-128
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
ISSN journal
00386308
Volume
72
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
125 - 128
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-6308(1995)72:1-2<125:T3EOAH>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A primary goal of the Ulysses mission is to study the 3-dimensional st ructures making up the interplanetary medium, an example of which is t he high speed solar wind stream observed in situ by Ulysses beginning in July 1992. In order to study the longitudinal extent of this stream as a function of Ulysses' increasing heliographic latitude, a second point of reference is required to separate spatial and temporal variat ions. Such a reference point is provided at Jupiter by a class of Jovi an radio bursts, whose occurrence rate varies in a predictable way wit h solar wind speed. Using the in situ and remote observations from Uly sses, the extent of the high speed stream at similar to 5 AU is mapped and compared to the associated coronal hole boundary on the Sun.