Solar cycle evolution of the solar wind in three dimensions

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Nov 1983

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983nascp.2280.315r&link_type=abstract

In JPL Solar Wind Five p 315-322 (SEE N84-13067 03-92)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Ecliptic, Magnetic Fields, Scintillation, Solar Cycles, Solar Wind, Three Dimensional Flow, Wind Velocity, Coronal Holes, Estimates, Polar Regions, Radio Sources (Astronomy)

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Measurements of the solar wind speed both in and out of the ecliptic are presented for 1971-82. The speed estimates, which were made with the interplanetary scintillation system at UC San Diego, have been compared to in situ for large, slowly evolving structures, and thus such structures can be studied up to 60 degrees north and south heliographic latitude. Annual average wind speeds are presented versus latitude for an entire solar cycle. Fast wind streams from the poles persisted through declining and low solar activity, but were closed off during four years of high activity. This evolution follows that of the polar coronal holes, as displayed by comparing averaged speed and coronal density over latitude and longitude. The most recent data (1982) show the reestablishment of large tilted polar holes and associated fast streams. Coronal magnetic field data show that the neutral sheet is confined to low latitudes at solar minimum and extends to high latitudes at solar maximum; thus the slow solar wind comes from the same latitude range as that of the neutral sheet.

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