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EIT Observations of Coronal Mass EjectionsBefore the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), we had only the sketchiest of clues as to the nature and topology of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) below 1.1 - 1.2 solar radii. Occasionally, dimmings (or 'transient coronal holes') were observed in time series of soft X-ray images, but they were far less frequent than CME's. Simply by imaging the Sun frequently and continually at temperatures of 0.9 - 2.5 MK we have stumbled upon a zoo of CME phenomena in this previously obscured volume of the corona: (1) waves, (2) dimmings, and (3) a great variety of ejecta. In the three and a half years since our first observations of coronal waves associated with CME's, combined Large Angle Spectroscopic Coronagraph (LASCO) and extreme ultra-violet imaging telescope (EIT) synoptic observations have become a standard prediction tool for space weather forecasters, but our progress in actually understanding the CME phenomenon in the low corona has been somewhat slower. I will summarize the observations of waves, hot (> 0.9 MK) and cool ejecta, and some of the interpretations advanced to date. I will try to identify those phenomena, analysis of which could most benefit from the spectroscopic information available from ultraviolet coronograph spectrometer (UVCS) observations.
Document ID
20000119029
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Gurman, J. B.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Fisher, Richard B.
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2000
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Meeting Information
Meeting: UVCS Team Meeting
Location: Northeast Harbor, ME
Country: United States
Start Date: September 23, 2000
End Date: September 28, 2000
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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