Long-term correlation between latitude-dependent solar activity and solar wind streams

1978 ◽  
Vol 223 ◽  
pp. 601 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Cuperman ◽  
M. Dryer
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1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. I. Dorman ◽  
G. Villoresi ◽  
I. V. Dorman ◽  
N. Iucci ◽  
M. Parisi

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (S300) ◽  
pp. 473-474
Author(s):  
J. L. Zerbo ◽  
C. Amory-Mazaudier ◽  
F. Ouattara

AbstractIn this study we investigate the time variation of several solar activity, geomagnetic indices, and solar wind parameters (B, V). It is well known that solar wind is one of the main contributing factors to geomagnetic activity and his topology is strongly affect by solar events such as CMEs and coronals. For these two solar events, we study the correlation between PCI and BV during solar cycle phases and point out the close link between PCI and the occurring of CMEs and high wind speed flowing from coronal holes.


Author(s):  
K. J. Li ◽  
J. C. Xu ◽  
Z. Q. Yin ◽  
J. L. Xie ◽  
W. Feng

Abstract The coronal heating problem is a long-standing perplexing issue. In this study, 13 solar activity indexes are used to investigate their phase relation with the sunspot number (SSN). Only three of them are found to statistically significantly lag the SSN (large-scale magnetic activity) by about one solar rotation period; the three indexes are total solar irradiance (TSI), the modified coronal index, and the solar wind velocity; the former two indexes may represent the long-term variation of energy quantity of the heated photosphere and corona, respectively. The Mount Wilson Sunspot Index (MWSI) and the Magnetic Plage Strength Index (MPSI), which reflect the large- and small-scale magnetic field activities, respectively, are also utilised to investigate their phase relations with the three indexes. The three indexes are found to be much more intimately related to MPSI than to MWSI, and MWSI statistically significantly leads TSI by about one rotation period. The heated corona is found to pulse perfectly in step with the small-scale magnetic activity rather than the large-scale magnetic activity; furthermore, combined with observations, our statistical evidence should thus attribute coronal heating firmly to small-scale magnetic activity phenomena, such as spicules, micro-flares, nano-flares, and others. The photosphere and the corona are synchronously heated, which should seemingly prefer magnetic reconnection heating to wave heating. In the long term, such a coronal heating way is inferred effective. Statistically, it is also small-scale magnetic activity phenomena that produce TSI enhancement. Coronal heating and solar wind acceleration are found to be synchronous, as standard models require.


2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (13) ◽  
pp. 6790-6798 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hajime Kita ◽  
Tomoki Kimura ◽  
Chihiro Tao ◽  
Fuminori Tsuchiya ◽  
Hiroaki Misawa ◽  
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