On Analysis of Dual Spacecraft Stereoscopic Observations to Determine the Three-Dimensional Morphology and Plasma Properties of Solar Coronal Flux Tubes
Abstract
By using two spacecraft equipped with multi-bandpass X-ray telescopes, it is possible to obtain direct 3-dimensional morphology of coronal structures which is essential for understanding the energetics and dynamics of the solar atmosphere. X-ray observations taken only in orbit about the Earth are inadequate to fully resolve the 3-dimensional nature of the solar corona. These Earth-orbit observations produce 2-dimensional images and an appropriate model must be included to derive the 3-dimensional structures from the line-of-sight information. Stereoscopic observations from space will remove this limitation and are needed if we are to improve our knowledge of the 3-dimensional morphology of the corona.
- Publication:
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Solar Physics
- Pub Date:
- November 1998
- DOI:
- 10.1023/A:1005018925963
- Bibcode:
- 1998SoPh..183...45G
- Keywords:
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- Field Line;
- Flux Tube;
- Angular Separation;
- Coronal Structure;
- Algebraic Reconstruction Technique