Precipitating Solar Wind Hydrogen as Observed by the MAVEN Spacecraft: Distribution as a Function of Column Density, Altitude, and Solar Zenith Angle

Author(s):  
Sarah Henderson ◽  
Jasper Halekas ◽  
Robert Lillis ◽  
Meredith Elrod
2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (11) ◽  
pp. 4224-4240
Author(s):  
Gyuyeon Kim ◽  
Yong-Sang Choi ◽  
Sang Seo Park ◽  
Jhoon Kim

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-274
Author(s):  
Angela C. G. B. Leal ◽  
Marcelo P. Corrêa ◽  
Michael F. Holick ◽  
Enaldo V. Melo ◽  
Marise Lazaretti-Castro

2007 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 656-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shouting Gao ◽  
Yushu Zhou ◽  
Xiaofan Li

Abstract Effects of diurnal variations on tropical heat and water vapor equilibrium states are investigated based on hourly data from two-dimensional cloud-resolving simulations. The model is integrated for 40 days and the simulations reach equilibrium states in all experiments. The simulation with a time-invariant solar zenith angle produces a colder and drier equilibrium state than does the simulation with a diurnally varied solar zenith angle. The simulation with a diurnally varied sea surface temperature generates a colder equilibrium state than does the simulation with a time-invariant sea surface temperature. Mass-weighted mean temperature and precipitable water budgets are analyzed to explain the thermodynamic differences. The simulation with the time-invariant solar zenith angle produces less solar heating, more condensation, and consumes more moisture than the simulation with the diurnally varied solar zenith angle. The simulation with the diurnally varied sea surface temperature produces a colder temperature through less latent heating and more IR cooling than the simulation with the time-invariant sea surface temperature.


1977 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 9-9
Author(s):  
G.E. Brueckner ◽  
J.D.F. Bartoe ◽  
M.E. VanHoosier

High spectral (0,05 Å) and spatial (⋍ 1000 km) resolution spectra of the Fe XII line 1349.4 Å reveal the existence of coronal fine structures in the quiet sun against the solar disk. These coronal bright elements have an average size of 2000-3000 km; their column density can be 3 x 1017 cm –2 . In the quiet sun, outward streaming velocities of 10-15 km sec –1 can be measured by means of the Doppler effect. The total kinetic and thermal energy of the outstreaming gas can be estimated to be larger than 1 x 10 5 ergs cm –2 sec –1, enough to account for the heating of the corona and the losses of the solar wind. At the outer limb (cos θ ⋍0.1) line profiles show a strong blue asymmetry, which could be caused by expanding material in a piston-driven shock, whereby the opaque, cool piston causes the asymmetry of the line profile.


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