Long-term velocity enhancements in the solar wind

Details Long-term velocity enhancements in the solar wind Long-term velocity enhancements in the solar wind

Jun 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995sowi.conf...91g&link_type=abstract

NASA Ames Research Center, International Solar Wind 8 Conference, p. 91

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Solar Activity Effects, Solar Cycles, Solar Wind, Solar Wind Velocity, Periodic Variations, Pioneer Venus 1 Spacecraft, Heliosphere, Astronomical Observatories, Stellar Mass Ejection

Scientific paper

Throughout most of the last three solar cycles, the Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11, Voyager 2, IMP 8, and Pioneer Venus Orbiter spacecraft have observed long-term enhancements in solar wind velocity. These enhancements are typically on the order of 100-200 km/s, with durations on the order of several months to over a year. They are observed over a range of heliocentric distances that ranges from 0.72 to more than 60 AU, which suggests that they are a characteristic feature throughout the entire heliosphere, at least in the vicinity of the solar equator. They appear to be related to the 'long term velocity shifts' reported by Gazis [1987], but are much more widespread. Since the last solar minimum, they have recurred with the 13-year periodicity reported by Richardson et al [1994], but prior to the last solar minimum there were long intervals were his periodicity was different or absent. We examine and characterize these long-term velocity enhancements and compare them to shorter-term variations in the solar wind such as CMEs, interaction regions, merged interaction regions (MIRs) and global merged interaction regions (GMIRs).

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