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A three-dimensional model of corotating streams in the solar wind. II - Hydrodynamic streamsTheoretical aspects of corotating solar wind dynamics on a global scale are examined by means of numerical simulations executed with a nonlinear, inviscid, adiabatic, single fluid, three-dimensional hydrodynamic formulation. The factors most strongly affecting stream evolution, namely, the intrinsic correlations among density, temperature, and velocity existing near the source, the amplitude, longitudinal breadth and latitudinal breadth of the stream, and the heliographic latitude of the centroid of the stream, are considered. Calculations indicate that even in the presence of substantial meridional gradients, the latitudinal transport of mass, energy, and momentum by streams appears to have little impact on the overall evolution of the structure.
Document ID
19800042676
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Pizzo, V. J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics, Greenbelt, Md., United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1980
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 85
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Accession Number
80A26846
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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