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A New View of the Solar Interface Region from the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS)
Reeves, Katharine K.; Polito, Vanessa; Liu, Wei +11 more
The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) has been obtaining near- and far-ultraviolet images and spectra of the solar atmosphere since July 2013. IRIS is the highest resolution observatory to provide seamless coverage of spectra and images from the photosphere into the low corona. The unique combination of near- and far-ultraviolet spectra…
Upflows in the Upper Solar Atmosphere
Tian, Hui; Brooks, David H.; Baker, Deborah +2 more
Spectroscopic observations at extreme- and far-ultraviolet wavelengths have revealed systematic upflows in the solar transition region and corona. These upflows are best seen in the network structures of the quiet Sun and coronal holes, boundaries of active regions, and dimming regions associated with coronal mass ejections. They have been intensi…
Solar Soft X-ray Irradiance Variability, I: Segmentation of Hinode/XRT Full-Disk Images and Comparison with GOES (1 - 8 Å) X-Ray Flux
DeLuca, Edward; Weber, Mark; Adithya, H. N. +6 more
It is of great interest and importance to study the variabilities of solar EUV, UV and X-ray irradiance in heliophysics, in Earth's climate, and space weather applications. A careful study is required to identify, track, monitor and segment the different coronal features such as active regions (ARs), coronal holes (CHs), the background regions (BG…
Probing Upflowing Regions in the Quiet Sun and Coronal Holes
Hara, Hirohisa; Sterling, Alphonse C.; Orozco Suárez, David +5 more
Recent observations from Parker Solar Probe have revealed that the solar wind has a highly variable structure. How this complex behaviour is formed in the solar corona is not yet known, since it requires omnipresent fluctuations, which constantly emit material to feed the wind. In this article we analyse 14 upflow regions in the solar corona to fi…
Plasma Upflows Induced by Magnetic Reconnection Above an Eruptive Flux Rope
Long, David M.; Janvier, Miho; Brooks, David H. +6 more
One of the major discoveries of Hinode's Extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) is the presence of upflows at the edges of active regions. As active regions are magnetically connected to the large-scale field of the corona, these upflows are a likely contributor to the global mass cycle in the corona. Here we examine the driving mechanism(…
Adventures in Space Science
Doschek, George
This memoir is a summary of my early childhood, education, and research career at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington, DC. I describe my early interest in astronomy and how I wound up working in the fields of solar physics and X-ray-UV spectroscopy of high temperature plasmas. I describe some of my home life and other interests, my e…