Vertical flows of supergranular and mesogranular scale observed on the sun with OSO 8

Details Vertical flows of supergranular and mesogranular scale observed on the sun with OSO 8 Vertical flows of supergranular and mesogranular scale observed on the sun with OSO 8

Jul 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982apj...258..846n&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 258, July 15, 1982, p. 846-859.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Chromosphere, Solar Atmosphere, Solar Granulation, Solar Spectra, Oso-8, Steady Flow, Ultraviolet Spectrometers, Velocity Distribution, Vertical Motion

Scientific paper

A program of observations was carried out in order to study the penetration of supergranular flows over a broad range of heights in the solar atmosphere. Steady Doppler velocities are determined from observations of a Si II spectral line using the Ultraviolet Spectrometer on the Orbiting Solar Observatory 8 (OSO 8) satellite and Fe I and Mg I lines with the diode-array instrument on the vacuum telescope at Sacramento Peak Observatory (SPO). The heights of formation of these spectral lines span about 1400 km or nearly 11 density scale heights from the photosphere to the middle chromosphere. Steady vertical flows on spatial scales typical of supergranulation and mesogranulation have been detected in the middle chromosphere with OSO 8. The patterns of intensity and steady velocity of granular scale are reproducible in successive data sets. The patterns appear to evolve slowly over the 9 hr period spanned by six orbits.

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