Latitude and solar-cycle dependence of radial IMF intensity |
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Authors: | Y -M Wang |
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Institution: | (1) Naval Research Laboratory, E. O. Hulburt Center for Space Research, Code 7672W, 20375-5352 Washington, DC |
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Abstract: | I describe a simple procedure for extrapolating the observed solar magnetic field into the heliosphere, which averages the asymptotic fields computed using the standard source surface and current sheet models. The resultant field is characterized by strong latitudinal gradients (maintained by volume currents outside the source surface) and by abrupt reversals in direction at the current sheets. The model yields good agreement with the observed long-term variation of the radial IMF component in the ecliptic, and is used to predict the variation of |B
r
| along the latitudinal trajectory of Ulysses during 1990–1994. As found in earlier studies, the magnitude ofB
r
at any latitude is determined largely by the strength and relative orientation of the Sun's dipole moment. |
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Keywords: | heliosphere latitude effects magnetic fields solar cycle Ulysses |
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