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Lower solar chromosphere-corona transition region. II - Wave pressure effects for a specific form of the heating functionLower transition region models with a balance between mechanical heating and radiative losses are expanded to include wave pressure effects. The models are used to study the simple damping length form of the heating function. The results are compared to the results obtained by Woods et al. (1990) for solutions in the lower transition region. The results suggest that a mixture of fast-mode and slow-mode waves may provide the appropriate heating mechanism in the lower transition region, with the decline in effective vertical wave speed caused by the refraction and eventual total reflection of the fast-mode wave resulting from the decreasing atmospheric density.
Document ID
19900054827
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Woods, D. Tod
(National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, CO, United States)
Holzer, Thomas E.
(National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, CO, United States)
Macgregor, Keith B.
(High Altitude Observatory Boulder, CO, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Volume: 73
ISSN: 0067-0049
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Accession Number
90A41882
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NASA ORDER W-17016
Distribution Limits
Public
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