Interdisciplinary summary of solar/interplanetary events during August 1972.
Abstract
The solar/interplanetary events in early August 1972 are summarized in Section 1 (Introduction), Section 2 (August 1972 Events in the Solar Cycle 20), Section 3 (Evolution of Solar Active Region: McMath region No. 11976 and its flare-activity), Section 4 (Radio, X-ray, and Proton Characteristics of Four Major Solar Flares: F-1 at 0316 UT on 2 August, F-2 at 1958 UT on 2 August, F-3 at 0626 UT on 4 August, and F-4 at 1522 UT on 7 August), Section 5 (Interplanetary Shock Waves: observations of the shock waves generated from the four major solar flares at several points in interplanetary space, the Earth, Pioneer-9, Pioneer-10, etc.; interplanetary scintillations; shock trajectories in the heliosphere), Section 6 (Variations of Solar and Galactic Cosmic Rays: four solar proton events observed in the vicinity of the earth and at the Pioneer-9 location in the course of interplanetary disturbances; Forbush decreases of cosmic ray intensity; the spikeshaped variation in solar and galactic cosmic rays on 5 August), and Section 7 (Conclusions).
- Publication:
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Space Science Reviews
- Pub Date:
- November 1976
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00210637
- Bibcode:
- 1976SSRv...19..411H
- Keywords:
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- Solar Activity Effects;
- Solar Flares;
- Forbush Decreases;
- Geomagnetism;
- Magnetic Storms;
- Pioneer Space Probes;
- Shock Wave Propagation;
- Solar Cosmic Rays;
- Solar Cycles;
- Solar Protons;
- Solar Radio Emission;
- Solar X-Rays;
- Sunspots;
- Solar Physics