Remote Sensing of Turbulence and Solar Wind Structure with the PUNCH mission
Abstract
The Polarimeter to UNify the Corona and Heliosphere is a mission to observe the corona and the inner heliosphere as a unified system. PUNCH will produce continuous images of the solar wind and corona between 1.5° and 45° from the Sun, over a two year prime science mission scheduled to start in early 2025. PUNCH uses visible sunlight scattered by free electrons in the corona, to track density structures in the corona and solar wind. We will describe PUNCH's unique 3D imaging capability, mission structure, and anticipated results measuring the development of large-scale turbulence, and the large- and meso-scale structure of the solar wind itself.
- Publication:
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44th COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 16-24 July
- Pub Date:
- July 2022
- Bibcode:
- 2022cosp...44.1212D