Further evidence of a latitude gradient in the solar wind velocity

Details Further evidence of a latitude gradient in the solar wind velocity Further evidence of a latitude gradient in the solar wind velocity

Dec 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976jgr....81.5833r&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 81, Dec. 1, 1976, p. 5833-5840.

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Latitude, Satellite Observation, Solar Wind Velocity, Velocity Distribution, Velocity Measurement, Explorer Satellites, Gradients, Mariner Space Probes, Plasma Diagnostics, Spatial Distribution, Synoptic Measurement

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Simultaneous Mariner and Explorer data are used in the present paper to show that the large-scale gradient in the bulk velocity of the solar wind observed by Coles (1972) is a heliographic latitude gradient. A value of roughly 15 km/sec/deg for the gradient is derived by a correlation technique employed by Coleman and Rosenberg (1971). A simple model of the velocity/latitude dependence is developed and is shown to be consistent with a direct comparison of the observed Mariner and Explorer velocities. The gradient inferred from the Mariner and Explorer data is compared with values obtained from corresponding analyses of Vela and IPS data.

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