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Optimizing Global Coronal Magnetic Field Models Using Image-Based ConstraintsThe coronal magnetic field directly or indirectly affects a majority of the phenomena studied in the heliosphere. It provides energy for coronal heating, controls the release of coronal mass ejections, and drives heliospheric and magnetospheric activity, yet the coronal magnetic field itself has proven difficult to measure. This difficulty has prompted a decades-long effort to develop accurate, timely, models of the field, an effort that continues today. We have developed a method for improving global coronal magnetic field models by incorporating the type of morphological constraints that could be derived from coronal images. Here we report promising initial tests of this approach on two theoretical problems, and discuss opportunities for application.
Document ID
20170002556
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Jones-Mecholsky, Shaela I.
(Catholic Univ. of America Washington, DC, United States)
Davila, Joseph M.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Uritskiy, Vadim
(Catholic Univ. of America Washington, DC, United States)
Date Acquired
March 27, 2017
Publication Date
March 29, 2016
Publication Information
Publication: The Astrophysical Journal
Publisher: The American Astronomical Society
Volume: 820
Issue: 2
ISSN: 2041-8205
e-ISSN: 2041-8213
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN40623
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG11PL10A
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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