Increases in the area of coronal holes related to interplanetary shocks

The tracking of interplanetary disturbances by means of the interplanetary scintillation (IPS) of stellar radio sources showed that major interplanetary disturbances are originated from solar regions containing coronal holes. Thus interplanetary shocks may originate in changing coronal holes which s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Bravo, Silvia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1994
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Geofísica Internacional
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistagi.geofisica.unam.mx:article/481
Acceso en línea:http://revistagi.geofisica.unam.mx/index.php/RGI/article/view/481
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Choques interplanetarios
hoyos coronales
eyecciones de masa coronal
Interplanetary shocks
coronal holes
coronal mass ejections
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Sumario:The tracking of interplanetary disturbances by means of the interplanetary scintillation (IPS) of stellar radio sources showed that major interplanetary disturbances are originated from solar regions containing coronal holes. Thus interplanetary shocks may originate in changing coronal holes which suddenly emit faster solar wind. In this paper we present two examples of related solar and interplanetary observations corresponding to sudden commencement (SC) events at the Earth which show by different means that interplanetary shocks are, at least in some cases, related to an increase in the area of coronal holes. The events correspond to 6 June 1979 and 1 October 1991. A possible scenario at the Sun for the occurrence of an increase in the area of coronal holes and a mechanism for the formation of the shock are also presented.