K-coronameter observations and potential field model comparison in 1976 and 1977

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Current Sheets, Heliosphere, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Magnetic Measurement, Potential Fields, Data Reduction, Polarity, Solar Corona, Solar Rotation

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Results of determining the shape and location of the heliospheric current sheet from a potential field model and from K-coronameter observations are compared. Interplanetary magnetic field polarities as observed by IMP 8, Helios 1 and 2, and Voyager 2 spacecraft were used to test the two methods over the period May 1976 to August 1977 throughout 18 Carrington rotations. The computed heliospheric current sheets from both methods had a quasi-stationary four-sector structure and very similar shapes. Agreement between interplanetary magnetic field polarity and the results from the potential field model was found on 79 percent of the days, while agreement between the interplanetary field polarity and the polarities derived from the K-coronameter data was found on 87 percent of the days.

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