A unique view of the inner heliosphere from the STEREO Heliospheric Imagers (Invited)
Abstract
Launched in 2006, the twin spacecraft of the STEREO mission have provided unique views of the Sun and the inner heliosphere in three dimensions. One pair of instruments in particular, the Heliospheric Imagers, have revolutionised the way that solar transients, in particular Earth-directed coronal mass ejections, can be viewed. This talk will summarise the observations so far, review the techniques developed to interpret the data and discuss how these techniques will help to inform future space-weather missions. A CME (right) passes in front of the Milky Way (left) and Jupiter (left center) observed with STEREO HI, November 2007.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2010
- Bibcode:
- 2010AGUFMSH52B..01D
- Keywords:
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- 7513 SOLAR PHYSICS;
- ASTROPHYSICS;
- AND ASTRONOMY / Coronal mass ejections;
- 7594 SOLAR PHYSICS;
- ASTROPHYSICS;
- AND ASTRONOMY / Instruments and techniques;
- 7900 SPACE WEATHER;
- 7924 SPACE WEATHER / Forecasting