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An Observational Overview of Solar FlaresWe present an overview of solar flares and associated phenomena, drawing upon a wide range of observational data primarily from the RHESSI era. Following an introductory discussion and overview of the status of observational capabilities, the article is split into topical sections which deal with different areas of flare phenomena (footpoints and ribbons, coronal sources, relationship to coronal mass ejections) and their interconnections. We also discuss flare soft X-ray spectroscopy and the energetics of the process. The emphasis is to describe the observations from multiple points of view, while bearing in mind the models that link them to each other and to theory. The present theoretical and observational understanding of solar flares is far from complete, so we conclude with a brief discussion of models, and a list of missing but important observations.
Document ID
20110022605
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Fletcher, Lyndsay
(Glasgow Univ. United Kingdom)
Battaglia, M.
(Glasgow Univ. United Kingdom)
Dennis, Brian R.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Liu, W.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Milligan, R. O.
(Queens Univ. Belfast, United Kingdom)
Hudson, H. S.
(California Univ. Berkeley, CA, United States)
Krucker, S.
(California Univ. Berkeley, CA, United States)
Phillips, K.
(Mullard Space Science Lab. Dorking, United Kingdom)
Bone, L.
(Mullard Space Science Lab. Dorking, United Kingdom)
Veronig, A.
(Graz Univ. Austria)
Caspi, A.
(California Univ. Berkeley, CA, United States)
Temmer, M.
(Graz Univ. Austria)
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
August 11, 2011
Publication Information
Publication: Space Science Reviews
Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media
Volume: 159
Issue: 4-Jan
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Report/Patent Number
GSFC.JA.5123.2011
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-12878
OTHER: P20145-N16
CONTRACT_GRANT: F/00 179/AY
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX08AJ18G
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNM07AA01C
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSFC 10833007W
CONTRACT_GRANT: ST/F0026371
CONTRACT_GRANT: MTRN-CT-2006-035484
OTHER: FWF P20867-N16
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-98033
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Public
Copyright
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