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Coronal holes as sources of solar wind

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We investigate the association of high-speed solar wind with coronal holes during the Skylab mission by: (1) direct comparison of solar wind and coronal X-ray data; (2) comparison of near-equatorial coronal hole area with maximum solar wind velocity in the associated streams; and (3) examination of the correlation between solar and interplanetary magnetic polarities. We find that all large near-equatorial coronal holes seen during the Skylab period were associated with high-velocity solar wind streams observed at 1 AU.

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  1. A. F. Timothy

    Present address: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

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  1. American Science and Engineering, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

    J. T. Nolte, A. S. Krieger & A. F. Timothy

  2. Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, U.S.A.

    R. E. Gold & E. C. Roelof

  3. Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

    G. Vaiana

  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

    A. J. Lazarus & J. D. Sullivan

  5. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.

    P. S. McIntosh

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Harvard College Observatory-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

A substantial portion of this work was done while a visiting scientist at American Science and Engineering.

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Nolte, J.T., Krieger, A.S., Timothy, A.F. et al. Coronal holes as sources of solar wind. Sol Phys 46, 303–322 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00149859

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