High-Resolution Observations of Limb Spicules from the Transition Region and Coronal Explorer and the Swedish Solar Telescope

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Jun 2006

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American Astronomical Society, SPD meeting #37, #2.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 38, p.221

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We observed spicules at the solar limb with TRACE and the Swedish Solar Telescope on La Palma for four-day intervals in 2004 and 2005 as well as simultaneous SUMER/SOHO observations in 2004. We are evaluating the apparent motion of individual spicules to infer chromospheric heat flow and mass transfer and to improve the statistics of basic spicule parameters including height, velocity, and inclination. We use the highest available cadence to measure height vs. time curves, using parabolic and linear fits to extract average maximum heights and apparent velocities of rise and descent. Our semiautomatic measurements of several dozen individual Ca II H spicules find an average height of 7610 ± 20 km based on ballistic fits and 7990 ± 80 km based on linear fits, with average velocities 8.7 ± 0.2 km/s ascending and 5.6 ± 0.1 km/s descending. Our TRACE data include observations at 1600 Å, 171 Å, and Lyman-alpha; our SST observations using Lockheed Martin's SOUP include H-alpha (four wing wavelengths to measure velocities) and Ca II H. We are investigating the relationships between spicule height and intensity to search for evidence of sheathed vs. monolithic spicule models, and analyzing ionization fadeout vs. velocity reversals for limiting spicule heights. A third yearly session of simultaneous TRACE/SST observations is scheduled.We thank S. P. Souza, B. De Pontieu, L. Golub, and J. Cirtain; earlier collaboration by D. B. Seaton, J. P. Shoer, D. L. Butts, and J. W. Gangestad; as well as the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Support was provided by a NASA/Solar-Terrestrial Guest Investigator Grant for TRACE (NNG04GK44G), from Sigma Xi, and from the NASA/Massachusetts Space Grant.

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