Physics
Scientific paper
Oct 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990jgr....9517103c&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 95, Oct. 1, 1990, p. 17103-17112.
Physics
51
Geomagnetism, Magnetic Storms, Plasma Diagnostics, Solar Flares, Solar Wind Velocity, Heos Satellites, Prognoz Satellites
Scientific paper
In an effort to estimate the highest flow velocity that the solar wind has exhibited at earth during the past 50 years, geomagnetic storms that occurred from 1938 to 1989 were surveyed, and the storms that were preceded by a major proton flare were selected. For each identified flare-storm pair, the average speed ('transit speed') of the associated interplanetary shock from the interval between the flare onset and the sudden commencement of the geomagnetic storm was calculated. In each case, the maximum solar wind flow speed was inferred from an empirical relationship (derived for a sample of recent events) between the shock transit speed and the peak flow velocity of the associated transient stream, obtaining a distribution of maximum solar wind speeds, which presumably corresponds to a sample of the most energetic events of this 50-yr period. Results show no evidence for bulk flow velocities greater than the about 2000 km/sec value deduced by Zastenker et al. (1978) and Grunwaldt (1975) for the August 4, 1972 event.
Cliver Edward W.
Feynman Joan
Garrett Henry Berry
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