Solar radio emissions at solar maximum: Interplanetary perspective

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Aug 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003adspr..32..461k&link_type=abstract

Advances in Space Research, Volume 32, Issue 4, p. 461-465.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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At frequencies below 10-15 MHz, radio astronomical observations of the sun are routinely performed in space because Earth's ionosphere effectively prohibits these low frequency emissions from reaching the ground. In terms of solar altitude, these frequencies correspond to about 2 Rs to 1 AU.At these low frequencies, a least four counterparts of the five classes of solar radio bursts typically observed by ground based telescopes can be detected, types I through IV, and type V bursts might possibly have been identified. All of these bursts observed from space vary considerably in occurrence rate between solar minimum and solar maximum. Some bursts, such as those associated with CMEs (types II and IV), are essentially not observed at all at solar minimum even though the CME rate only varies by about a factor of ten between maximum and minimum. The relatively common flare-associated radio bursts (type III) vary in occurrence rate rather substantially over the solar cycle, mimicking the variation in flare rate. However, the dominant emission in terms of occurrence rate or total energy at solar maximum is the interplanetary counterpart of type III storms, namely, type III storms. During the solar maximum years 2000-2001, more than 50% of all days in the year contain episodes of type III storms.

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