冕洞的演化规律

本文利用自有冕洞系统观测以来（１９７０－１９９５）的冕洞资料，分析了冕洞的时空分布演化规律，冕洞磁场的演化特征，以及它们与太阳黑子周期的演化关系。得到了一些有意义的新结论。特别是赤道冕洞和极区冕洞与太阳活动周的演化关系具有截然相反的演化规律和不同特征。前者与太阳活动周的演化规律基本一致；后者截然相反     

冕洞的演化规律

本文利用自有晚洞系统观测以来（１９７０－１９９５）的冕洞资料，分析了冕洞的时空分布演化规律，晚洞磁场的演化特征，以及它们在太阳黑了周期的演化关系。得到了一些有意义的新结论。特别是赤道冕洞和极区冕洞与太阳活动周的演化关节上有截然相反的演化规律和不同特征。前乾与太阳活动周期的化规律基本一致；后者截然相反。     

冕洞演化与太阳活动周的关系及在日地预报中的应用

冕洞的研究在近二十多年里取得了丰硕的成果。本文回顾了冕洞的发现及观测历史，系统阐述了冕洞的结果特征，形成及演化规律，讨论了冕洞对日地空间产生的影响，冕洞与超级活动区的关系以及冕洞在太阳活动预报中所起的作用，在此基础上利用１９７０－１９９５年的晚洞资料听时空分 布和磁极性演化规律与太阳活动区的关系以及冕洞的时空分布和磁极性演化 规律与太阳活性周的得出以下结论：（１）冕洞在南北半球的分布在形态上基本是     

冕洞演化与太阳活动周的关系及在日地预报中的应用

冕洞的研究在近二十多年里取得了丰硕的成果。本文回顾了冕洞的发现及观测历史，系统阐述了冕洞的结构特征、形成及演化规律，讨论了冕洞对日地空间产生的影响，冕洞与超级活动区的关系以及冕洞在太阳活动预报中所起的作用，在此基础上利用１９７０—１９９５年的冕洞资料对冕洞的时空分布和磁极性演化规律与太阳活动周的关系，以及冕洞与太阳风速度、地磁扰动等方面进行分析研究，得出以下结论：（１）冕洞在南北半球的分布在形态上基本是对称的，但在冕洞数量上北半球稍占优势；（２）冕洞的盛衰演化呈周期性，表现为赤道冕洞周期与黑子周期是完全一致的，极冕洞周期与黑子周期相位相差１８０°；（３）赤道冕洞的纬度分布随太阳活动周上升而上升，当太阳活动周达到极大值时，它也达到极大，然后再随太阳活动周下降而下降，极冕洞的纬度延伸方向演化与赤道冕洞相反；（４）极冕洞的极场呈１１年周期性，并且极场反转出现在太阳活动峰年期间；（５）太阳风和地磁扰动与冕洞的演化有着密切的关系     

冕洞的地磁效应

分析了２２太阳活动周（１９８６．１—１９９５．６；ＣＲ１７７１—ＣＲ１８９８）冕洞对地磁扰动的长期效应和短期效应。作为长期效应，赤道冕洞数和面积指数随太阳活动周的演化与同期的地磁Ａｐ指数的长期变化基本一致，二者在α＝０．０１的信度水平上密切相关，表明赤道冕洞不仅对低年的磁扰有贡献，而且对峰年期间地磁扰动的贡献也是不可忽视的。对冕洞的短期地磁效应的研究表明，不论哪种类型的冕洞，在它们过中经后的１—４天，地磁Ａｐ指数都有不同程度的增长；大冕洞比小冕洞引起的地磁效应较强烈；跨越赤道的冕洞比未跨越赤道的同级冕洞引起的地磁效应较强烈     

冕洞内矢量磁场的分布和演化

冕洞是太阳日冕中低温低密度的区域,是高速太阳风的源区.目前,冕洞的很多性质还远未被人们所理解.磁场研究是理解太阳上各种现象的重要手段.因此,我们力图通过研究冕洞内的磁场特别是矢量磁场的分布和演化,回答冕洞研究中存在的问题.综合利用SOHO、Hinode、STEREO、SDO等卫星数据,我们第1次对冕洞内矢量磁场的演化、冕洞磁场的非势性等方面进行了较详细的研究,取得了一系列的研究成果.(1)冕洞不同层次太阳大气对冕洞小尺度磁场结构分布和演化的响应.我们研究了冕洞内及冕洞边界上磁场的分布和演     

冕洞边缘结构对日冕物质抛射的可能贡献

分析了１９８０、１９８４和１９８９年ＳＭＭ卫星观测到的１４０次日冕物质抛射事件在时空分布上与“冕洞边缘结构”、耀斑爆发和爆发日珥等事件的相关关系。结果表明,ＣＭＥ事件与日冕边缘结构的关系最密切。此外,ＣＭＥ与赤道冕洞具有同步的长期演化关系。由此认为,冕洞边缘结构对ＣＭＥ的可能贡献是不可忽视的。     

冕洞、146MHz太阳辐射与地磁暴

本文首先分析了冕洞与中纬(北京)和赤道(Dst)地磁暴之间的关联。结果确认,所谓M区只是赤道面积较大的一类冕洞;就本文分析的两个冕洞而言,地磁暴开始时刻相对冕洞过中径的时延同冕洞赤道面积呈反变关系。其次考察了冕洞存在时,146MHz扇束干涉仪的中天观测特征。一般地说,随着冕洞伴同太阳转动,观测记录显示一规律性变化,反映了冕洞中辐射流量减弱;中央条流量的迭加周期分析结果,进一步证实了冕洞的这种效应。最后探讨了用米波射电和黑子的观测资料证认冕洞过中径的可能性,并尝试用重现型地磁暴资料估算太阳风高速流的速率和冕洞的平均面积。     

冕洞边缘结构对日冕物质抛射的可能贡献

分析了１９８０ 、１９８４ 和１９８９ 年 Ｓ Ｍ Ｍ 卫星观测到的１４０ 次日冕物质抛射（ Ｃ Ｍ Ｅ） 事件在时空分布上与“冕洞边缘结构”、耀斑爆发和爆发日珥等事件的相关关系。结果表明, Ｃ Ｍ Ｅ 事件与日冕边缘结构的关系最密切。此外, Ｃ Ｍ Ｅ 与赤道冕洞具有同步的长期演化关系。由此认为, 冕洞边缘结构对 Ｃ Ｍ Ｅ 的可能贡献是不可忽视的     

1997年3月9日漠河日全食外冕观测方案

目前太阳活动处于极小期，太阳表面的活动区磁场处于相对不活动状态，但暗条和冕洞等活动形式仍有存在，特别是极区冕洞，其性质仍多疑团不被人所知，例旭磁场对冕洞的影响，在中低太阳纬度，冕洞出现大块的磁场单极区，然而在高纬区情况如何呢？冕洞在极区经常存在（极区冕洞），但并不总是存在。我们曾看到美国高山天文台（ＨＡＯ）于１９７３观测一幅日全食照片，其南极有明显的极区冕洞，而北极区存在有纤细而美丽的冕羽，我国１     

An observational study of coronal hole rotation over the sunspot cycle

An analysis of the rotation of coronal holes (CHs) spanning 18 years was done based on data from theCatalogue of Coronal Holes (Sanchez-Ibarra and Barraza-Paredes, 1992). A differential rotation of CHs is confirmed for the totality of CHs, but a different behavior was found when those were separated as equatorial or isolated, and polar hole extensions, such as in theCatalogue. Isolated CHs show a typical differential rotation, but polar hole extensions display two different types of behavior: a rotation rate below 40° ± 5° of heliographic latitude, increasing to the equator, and a rotation rate above the same heliographic latitude but increasing to the poles. Also discussed here is how this last result agrees with other studies that indicate the mostly rigid rotation of the corona at higher latitudes.     

Type-II Bursts in Meter and Deca – Hectometer Wavelengths and Their Relation to Flares and CMEs: II

Solar coronal holes (CHs) are large regions of the corona magnetically open to interplanetary space. The nearly rigid north?–?south CH boundaries (CHBs) of equatorward extensions of polar CHs are maintained while the underlying photospheric fields rotate differentially, so interchange magnetic reconnection is presumed to be occurring continually at the CHBs. The time and size scales of the required reconnection events at CHBs have not been established from previous observations with soft X-ray images. We use TRACE 195 Å observations on 9 December 2000 of a long-lived equatorial extension of the negative-polarity north polar CH to look for changes of ??5 arcsec to >?20 arcsec at the western CHB. Brightenings and dimmings are observed on both short (≈?5 minutes) and long (≈?7 hours) time scales, but the CHB maintains its quasi-rigid location. The transient CHB changes do not appear associated with either magnetic field enhancements or the changes in those field enhancements observed in magnetograms from the Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI) on SOHO. In seven hours of TRACE observations we find no examples of the energetic jets similar to those observed to occur in magnetic reconnection in polar plumes. The lack of dramatic changes in the diffuse CHB implies that gradual magnetic reconnection occurs high in the corona with large (??10°) loops and/or weak coronal fields. We compare our results with recent observations of active regions at CHBs. We also discuss how the magnetic polarity symmetry surrounding quasi-rigid CHs implies an asymmetry in the interchange reconnection process and a possible asymmetry in the solar wind composition from the eastern and western CHB source regions.     

Connection of coronal holes with active regions

We have determined two qualitative parameters for 643 coronal holes (CHs). Parameter A characterizes the magnetic-field variation in CHs depending on the height. Parameter B characterizes the connection between the magnetic field in a CH and the polar field at the photosphere level. A comparison of these parameters corresponding to CH with and without active regions (ARs) has led to the following conclusions: the formation of AR in CH is a frequent phenomenon, since the former exist in every other CH for at least 1 day; unlike the case of a CH without an AR, the configuration of the magnetic field above the CH with an AR often changes with the height: two out of three CHs have the opposite sign of the magnetic field in photosphere, as compared to the sign of the polar magnetic field; the areas of ARs in CHs do not differ from those for many other ARs outside of CHs.     

The Large-Scale Structures Of The Quiet-Sun Photosphere

The area density distribution of bright photospheric points on the quiet solar surface is not uniform. The distributions show some considerable pecularities. This article is a study of their characteristics during the four last solar activity minima in Bartels longitudes. The bright-photospheric-point distributions on the equatorial and polar solar surface exhibit a type of sectoral-hemispherical asymmetry. The density distributions vary a lot, but have the tendency to alternate with a period of 22 years. The phase origin of density concentrations is the first structural pecularity of the photospheric point distributions. The simultaneous appearance of bright regions on the equatorial and polar solar surface in spatial antiphase lock and, at the same time, the half-phase shift (11 years) between polar and equatorial cycles suggests a synchronous distribution process. This time synchronization is the second important pecularity of density concentrations. Therefore, the solar activity organization in minima occurs according to strict synchronization, like being under the control of a very precise clock.     

Polar fields during the rising phase of cycle 22

High-resolution magnetograph observations of the polar magnetic fields have been obtained at intervals of time since the end of 1986 at Big Bear Solar Observatory. The Big Bear data differ from the low-resolution, full-disk magnetograph observations in that the 2 arc sec resolution makes it possible to resolve concentrated field upward of 100 G. The purpose of this ongoing observation is to examine the evolution of polar fields during the expected polarity reversal as cycle 22 passes its maximum phase, and secondly, to study the polar magnetic field: its true field strength, distribution, and how it compares to other parts of the quiet Sun.We find that the >70° net polar flux of both poles has not reversed as of the end of 1989. However, in the lower latitudes of both poles, 50° to 70°, there are signs reminiscent of those preceding the reversals in cycles 19 and 20. These include: decreasing field intensity in the old polarity fluctuations in net flux between the old and new polarities.We find that the net average longitudinal polar fields (above 50°) are 1–2 G, in agreement with results found in cycles 19 and 20. For individual elements, however, the strongest observed field strength poleward of 70° is over 100 G.We compare the polar fields with the equatorial limb as a function of latitute and longitude, respectively, and find the polar fields are comparable to (or stronger than) the quiet equatorial limb. When the observed mean flux density of the polar field as a function of latitude is corrected for limb-darkening and projection effects (assuming the field is radial), the result is nearly constant. These results suggest that despite the high latitudes, the polar fields have field strength and distribution similar to other parts of the quiet Sun.     

Ten cycles of solar and geomagnetic activity

Series of 110 years of sunspot numbers and indices of geomagnetic activity are used with 17 years of solar wind data in order to study through solar cycles both stream and shock event solar activity. According to their patterns on Bartels diagrams of geomagnetic indices, stable wind streams and transient solar activities are separated from each other. Two classes of stable streams are identified: equatorial streams occurring sporadically, for several months, during the main phase of sunspot cycles and both polar streams established, for several years, at each cycle, before sunspot minimum. Polar streams are the first activity of solar cycles. For study of the relationship between transient geomagnetic phenomena and sunspot activity, we raise the importance of the contribution, at high spot number, of severe storms and, at low spot number, of short lived and unstable streams. Solar wind data are used to check and complete the above results. As a conclusion, we suggest a unified scheme of solar activity evolution with a starting point every eleventh year, a total duration of 17 years and an overlapping of 6 years between the first and the last phase of both successive series of phenomena: first, from polar field reversal to sunspot minimum, a phase of polar wind activity of the beginning cycle is superimposed on the weak contribution of shock events of the ending cycle; secondly, an equatorial phase mostly of shock events is superimposed on a variable contribution of short lived and sporadic stable equatorial stream activities; and thirdly a phase of low latitude shock events is superimposed on the polar stream interval of the following cycle.     

Coronal Holes and Flare Index: A correlation study

The correlation between the presence of coronal holes and flare indices has been investigated for the period from 1976 to 1995. The analysis shows that in the cases of 227 Carrington rotations (CRs) backward time lags yield the highest correlation between the coronal holes and flare indices. The maximum correlations were found at time lags of 222 and 142 CRs for polar and equatorial coronal holes, respectively. The period of study covers the past two solar cycles (21 and 22). Correlation analysis of both solar cycles has also been studied individually. The correlation analysis reveals that there is in general a forward shift in the maximum correlation for polar coronal holes, but it cannot be recommended to use polar coronal hole numbers for forecasting the next solar cycle.     

Statistical Analysis of the Relationships among Coronal Holes,Corotating Interaction Regions,and Geomagnetic Storms

We have examined the relationships among coronal holes (CHs), corotating interaction regions (CIRs), and geomagnetic storms in the period 1996?–?2003. We have identified 123 CIRs with forward and reverse shock or wave features in ACE and Wind data and have linked them to coronal holes shown in National Solar Observatory/Kitt Peak (NSO/KP) daily He i 10?830 Å maps considering the Sun?–?Earth transit time of the solar wind with the observed wind speed. A sample of 107 CH?–?CIR pairs is thus identified. We have examined the magnetic polarity, location, and area of the CHs as well as their association with geomagnetic storms (Dst≤?50 nT). For all pairs, the magnetic polarity of the CHs is found to be consistent with the sunward (or earthward) direction of the interplanetary magnetic fields (IMFs), which confirms the linkage between the CHs and the CIRs in the sample. Our statistical analysis shows that (1) the mean longitude of the center of CHs is about 8°E, (2) 74% of the CHs are located between 30°S and 30°N (i.e., mostly in the equatorial regions), (3) 46% of the CIRs are associated with geomagnetic storms, (4) the area of geoeffective coronal holes is found to be larger than 0.12% of the solar hemisphere area, and (5) the maximum convective electric field E _y in the solar wind is much more highly correlated with the Dst index than any other solar or interplanetary parameter. In addition, we found that there is also a semiannual variation of CIR-associated geomagnetic storms and discovered new tendencies as follows: For negative-polarity coronal holes, the percentage (59%; 16 out of 27 events) of CIRs associated with geomagnetic storms in the first half of the year is much larger than that (25%; 6 out of 24 events) in the second half of the year and the occurrence percentage (63%; 15 out of 24 events) of CIR-associated storms in the southern hemisphere is significantly larger than that (26%; 7 out of 27 events) in the northern hemisphere. Positive-polarity coronal holes exhibit an opposite tendency.