Solar minimum streamer densities and temperatures using Whole Sun Month coordinated data sets

Citation
Se. Gibson et al., Solar minimum streamer densities and temperatures using Whole Sun Month coordinated data sets, J GEO R-S P, 104(A5), 1999, pp. 9691-9699
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS
ISSN journal
21699380 → ACNP
Volume
104
Issue
A5
Year of publication
1999
Pages
9691 - 9699
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-0227(19990501)104:A5<9691:SMSDAT>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We model electron densities of the simplest, most symmetric solar minimum s treamer structure observed during the Whole Sun Month (WSM) campaign, using coronal observations of both visible white light and extreme ultraviolet ( EUV) emission. Using white light data from the SOHO/LASCO/C2 and HAO/ Mauna Loa Mark 3 coronagraphs, we determine electron densities by way of a Van d e Hulst inversion. We compare the white light densities to those determined from the density sensitive EUV line ratios of Si IX 350/342 Angstrom obser ved by the SOHO/coronal diagnostic spectrometer (CDS). Moreover, from the w hite light density profiles we calculate hydrostatic temperature profiles a nd compare to temperatures derived from the Si XII/Mg X line ratio. We find the white light and spectral analysis produce consistent density and tempe rature information.