scholarly journals The response of the equatorial ionosphere to fast stream solar coronal holes during 2008 deep solar minimum over Indian region

2016 ◽  
Vol 121 (1) ◽  
pp. 841-853 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Sripathi ◽  
Ram Singh ◽  
S. Banola ◽  
Dupinder Singh ◽  
S. Sathish
2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (12) ◽  
pp. 1159-1164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pieter Benjamin Kotzé

Abstract. In this paper we use wavelets and Lomb–Scargle spectral analysis techniques to investigate the changing pattern of the different harmonics of the 27-day solar rotation period of the AE (auroral electrojet) index during various phases of different solar cycles between 1960 and 2014. Previous investigations have revealed that the solar minimum of cycles 23–24 exhibited strong 13.5- and 9.0-day recurrence in geomagnetic data in comparison to the usual dominant 27.0-day synodic solar rotation period. Daily mean AE indices are utilized to show how several harmonics of the 27-day recurrent period change during every solar cycle subject to a 95 % confidence rule by performing a wavelet analysis of each individual year's AE indices. Results show that particularly during the solar minimum of 23–24 during 2008 the 27-day period is no longer detectable above the 95 % confidence level. During this interval geomagnetic activity is now dominated by the second (13.5-day) and third (9.0-day) harmonics. A Pearson correlation analysis between AE and various spherical harmonic coefficients describing the solar magnetic field during each Carrington rotation period confirms that the solar dynamo has been dominated by an unusual combination of sectorial harmonic structure during 23–24, which can be responsible for the observed anomalously low solar activity. These findings clearly show that, during the unusual low-activity interval of 2008, auroral geomagnetic activity was predominantly driven by high-speed solar wind streams originating from multiple low-latitude coronal holes distributed at regular solar longitude intervals.


1978 ◽  
Author(s):  
George L. Withbroe
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1991 ◽  
Vol 372 ◽  
pp. 719 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. N. Parker
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2012 ◽  
Vol 749 (1) ◽  
pp. L8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Shearer ◽  
Richard A. Frazin ◽  
Alfred O. Hero III ◽  
Anna C. Gilbert

2007 ◽  
Vol 51 (9) ◽  
pp. 773-779 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. I. Kobanov ◽  
A. A. Sklyar

Nature ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 360 (6402) ◽  
pp. 322-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. S. Mclntosh ◽  
R. J. Thompson ◽  
E. C. Willock
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2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (S286) ◽  
pp. 346-349
Author(s):  
Katja Poppenhaeger ◽  
Jürgen H. M. M. Schmitt

AbstractThe identification of stars in a Maunder minimum state purely from their chromospheric emission (for example in Ca II lines) has proven to be difficult. Photospheric contributions, metallicities and possible deviations from the main sequence stage may lead to very low values of the traditional chromospheric activity indicators, while no Maunder minimum state may be present. X-ray observations can be a key tool for identifying possible Maunder minimum stars: We have detected very soft X-ray emission from low-temperature coronal plasma, similar to emission from solar coronal holes, in several stars with very low chromospheric activity indicators. The coronal properties inferred from X-ray observations can therefore yield a crucial piece of information to verify Maunder minimum states in stars.


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