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The statistical and numerical study of the global distribution of coronal plasma and magnetic field near 2.5Rs over a 10-year period

  • Fang Shen*
  • , Xueshang Feng
  • , Changqing Xiang
  • , Wenbin Song
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • CAS - National Space Science Center

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Abstract

The basic characteristics of the global distribution for the corona plasma and magnetic field near 2.5. Rs are analyzed with the statistical and numerical methods for 136 Carrington Rotations (CRs) covering four different phases of solar activity. By using the observational data and the velocity distribution model in the corona, the statistical average distribution of the magnetic field, density and the coronal mass outputs are analyzed for the four different phases. Then, a numerical study of the global distribution near 2.5. Rs has been made by solving a self-consistent MHD system. Finally, the solar wind speed at 1. AU is given by mapping the speed at 2.5. Rs to that near 1. AU, and the comparison of the numerical results with the observational measurements and the simulation result of the Wang-Sheeley-Arge (WSA) model are made during more than 5 years. The numerical results indicate that the global distributions on the source surface of 2.5. Rs at different phases of solar activity could be used to predict the change of the solar wind in interplanetary space.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1008-1018
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
Volume72
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Coronal mass outputs flux
  • Global coronal plasma and field distribution

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