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The mean magnetic field of the Sun: Method of observation and relation to the interplanetary magnetic field

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The mean solar magnetic field as measured in integrated light has been observed since 1968. Since 1970 it has been observed both at Hale Observatories and at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. The observing procedures at both observatories and their implications for mean field measurements are discussed. A comparison of the two sets of daily observations shows that similar results are obtained at both observatories. A comparison of the mean field with the interplanetary magnetic polarity shows that the IMF sector structure has the same pattern as the mean field polarity.

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  1. Institute for Plasma Research, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., USA

    Philip H. Scherrer & John M. Wilcox

  2. Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Nauchny, Crimea, USSR

    Valeri Kotov & A. B. Severny

  3. Hale Observatories, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, USA

    Robert Howard

  4. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif., USA

    Robert Howard

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Scherrer, P.H., Wilcox, J.M., Kotov, V. et al. The mean magnetic field of the Sun: Method of observation and relation to the interplanetary magnetic field. Sol Phys 52, vi–12 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00935783

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