Solar wind energy input during prolonged, intense northward interplanetary magnetic fields: A new coupling function

Solar Wind Anr Interplanetary Magnetic Field

1. Basic Concepts 2. Sun and Heliosphere at Times of Solar Activity Minimum 2.1. Typical Solar Wind and its Sources 2.2. The Ballerina Model 2.3. Solar Wind Stream Structure 2.4. The Two Basic States of the Solar Wind 2.4.1. Differences 2.4.2. Communities 2.5. Solar Wind Acceleration and Expansion 2.6. Solar Wind Streams and Their Interactions 2.6.1. Corotating Interaction Regions in the Inner ...

Modulation of dayside reconnection during northward interplanetary magnetic field

[1] On 17 September 2000 the IMF was directed continuously northward for more than 3 hours. Density fluctuations in the solar wind resulted in quasiperiodic variations in the solar wind dynamic pressure, and correlated fluctuations also occurred in the IMF Bz component. The Northern Hemisphere SuperDARN radars observed bursts of highlatitude high-velocity plasma flow during this northward IMF i...

Solar Wind and Interplanetary Magnetic Field: A Tutorial

The convection layer completes the transport of energy from the nuclear furnace at the center of the sun to its radiation into space by the photosphere, but most importantly for the solar wind it sets the temporal and spatial scales for the structure of the coronal magnetic field that in turn controls the properties of the solar wind. In this tutorial review we examine the properties of the fie...

Solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field features before magnetic storm onset

The presented results, concerning the features of the solar wind plasma structure as observed by spacecraft upstream of Earth, could be used for development of middle-term forecasts of magnetic storms. We have analyzed 1-hour data for 1995-2005 and a whole year of 1-min data during solar minimum (1995) and during solar maximum (2000) with 48 and 60 storms, respectively. The long-term statistica...

Tomography of the Solar Wind using Interplanetary Scintillation