Meridional flow in the solar wind

Details Meridional flow in the solar wind Meridional flow in the solar wind

Sep 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996jgr...10119995r&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 101, Issue A9, p. 19995-20002

Physics

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Interplanetary Physics: Heliopause And Solar Wind Termination, Interplanetary Physics: Interstellar Gas, Interplanetary Physics: Pickup Ions, Interplanetary Physics: Solar Wind Plasma

Scientific paper

We look for evidence of meridional flow in the solar wind using data from IMP 8 and Voyager 2. Magnetic field data are used to separate the plasma data according to whether the spacecraft is above or below the heliospheric current sheet. IMP 8 meridional velocities are predominately poleward, with an average poleward flow of 1 km/s in each hemisphere. Voyager 2 velocities are also generally poleward, but regions of equatorward flow are also observed; the largest poleward speeds (4 km/s) occur near solar minimum. The magnitude of the poleward flow is not large enough to account for the magnetic flux deficits inferred from Pioneer 10 observations.

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