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Comment on 'The solar flare myth' by J. T. GoslingIn a recent paper Gosling (1993) claims that solar flares are relatively unimportant for understanding the terrestrial consequences of solar activity, and argues that coronal mass ejections (CMEs) produce the most powerful terrestrial disturbances. This opinion conflicts with observation, as it is well known that CMEs and flares are closely associated, and we disagree with Gosling's insistence on a simplistic cause-and-effect description of the interrelated phenomena of a solar flare. In this brief response we present new Yohkoh data and review older results that demonstrate the close relationships among CMEs, flares, filament eruptions, and other forms of energy release such as particle acceleration.
Document ID
19950047152
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Hudson, Hugh
(University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI United States)
Haisch, Bernhard
(Lockheed Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory, Palo Alto, CA United States)
Strong, Keith T.
(Lockheed Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory, Palo Alto, CA United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
March 1, 1995
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 100
Issue: A3
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Accession Number
95A78751
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS8-37334
Distribution Limits
Public
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