A summary of solar wind observations at high latitudes: Ulysses |
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Authors: | R G Marsden |
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Institution: | (1) Space Science Department of ESA, Solar System Division, Estec, Noordwijk |
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Abstract: | The Ulysses mission has provided the first in-situ observations of the solar wind covering all solar latitudes from the equator to the poles in both hemispheres. The measurements from the first polar passes, made at near-minimum solar activity conditions, have confirmed the basic picture established on the basis of remote sensing techniques: the high-latitude wind is fast, and originates in the polar coronal holes. The detailed in-situ observations have, however, revealed a number of features related to the global solar wind structure that were not expected: the transition between slow and fast wind was relatively abrupt, followed by a slight increase in speed toward the poles; the mass flux is almost independent of latitude, with only a modest increase at the equator; the momentum flux is significantly higher over the poles than near the equator, suggesting a non-circular cross-section for the flanks of the heliosphere. |
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