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伦与同期的地磁ＡＰ指数的长期变化基本一致，二者在ａ＝０．０１扒度水平上密度相关，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拓动的贡献不可忽视的。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４     

冕洞边界区磁结构的探讨—Ⅱ.太阳活动20,21周的冕洞及其边界区磁结构的变

本文分析讨论了太阳活动２０、２１周的冕洞及其边界区磁结构的变化，它包括：冕洞区光球磁场强度、磁极性的变化；冕洞面积与高速太阳风风速的关系，冕洞边界周围的环境，重点探讨太阳活动下降，极小相低纬，赤道冕洞区与其边界区磁结构的变化。     

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     

冕洞边界区磁结构的探讨──Ⅱ．太阳活动20、21周的冕洞及其边界区磁结构的变化

本文分析讨论了太阳活动２０、２１周的冕洞及其边界区磁结构的变化。它包括：冕洞区光球磁场强度、磁极性的变化；冕洞面积与高速太阳风风速的关系；冕洞边界周围的环境。重点探讨太阳活动下降、极小相低纬、赤道冕洞区与其边界区磁结构的变化。     

冕洞与太阳活动周及地磁活动的演化关系

本文用1970－1995年的冕洞资料，分析了冕洞的分布规律，磁场极性的演化特征和冕洞的地磁效应，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结论。特别指出赤道冕洞和极区冕洞具有相反的演化规律和不同的特征。     

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。     

太阳活动周的3个参量：AS,BT和BW

通过对１２－２２周（（１８７８－１９９５年）太阳大黑子群分布南北半球不对称的整体特征的研究,探讨了太阳活动周的长期演化趋势．约定Ｎ与Ｓ分别表示北南半球大黑子群数之和,ＢＮ与ＢＳ为北南半球大黑子群的纬度和．由这４个物理量定义了太阳活动周的３个参量：（１）太阳活动不对称指数ＡＳ＝（Ｎ－Ｓ）／（Ｎ＋Ｓ）;（２）平均纬度ＢＴ＝（ＢＮ＋ＢＳ）／（Ｎ＋Ｓ）,ＢＳ取负值;（３）太阳活动带的宽度ＢＷ＝ＢＮ／Ｎ－ＢＳ／Ｓ．对上述１１个活动周,得到了有关８０年周期的性质及奇偶数周大黑子群数变化的有意义的统计结果．     

Peculiar Features in the Solar Coronal Hole Occurrence

A good knowledge of coronal hole (CH) evolution in time is relevant for the understanding of the decay and/or the stability of large-scale magnetic fields in the different heliographic latitudinal belts. Using a CH catalogue, mainly compiled from the Hei line (10830 Å) measurements (Sanchez-Ibarra and Barraza-Paredes, 1992, and updated from the NOAA/Boulder Web pages), some characteristics of the CH behaviour in the solar activity cycles 21 and 22 are identified and described. We found: (i) the total number distributions for the isolated and polar coronal holes are similar, (ii) there is a north/south asymmetry, with a northern dominance in the number distribution of the polar coronal holes, (iii) a hint of a 22-year periodicity in the CH behaviour. In addition, two pairs of two isolated CHs with opposite polarity, maximum ages of more than 14 Carrington rotations, separated by about two years, are found during the early decreasing activity phase of each cycle.     

Relationship between coronal holes and boundaries of structures of the large-scale magnetic fields

By means of comparison of the positions of 665 observed coronal holes (CHs) and the structures of the magnetic field at different heights, it was shown that 43% of the observed CHs are not associated with unipolar regions of the background field at the photosphere. With height increasing from 1 to 2.5 solar radii, the structure of the magnetic field varies in 57% of all CHs. In 16% of the cases, variations of the structure can be observed at heights as small as 2500–10 000 km. Comparison of the positions of CHs with the longitudinal distribution of long-lived +/− and −/+ boundaries of the large-scale structure of the magnetic field at all the heights was carried out. It was shown that CHs adjoin or intersect with the Hale boundaries half as often as with those having the opposite distribution of the fields at both sides of the boundary. These results attest to a closer connection between the CHs and the photospheric and subphotospheric fields than with coronal fields. The magnetic fields of coronal structures can shield the coronal holes, thus creating “closed” CHs with a limited output of high-speed solar wind streams.     

Reversals of the Sun’s Polar Magnetic Fields in Relation to Activity Complexes and Coronal Holes

A spatiotemporal analysis of long-term measurements of the Sun’s magnetic field was carried out to study changes in its zonal structure and reversals of the polar fields in Cycles 21?–?24. A causal relationship between activity complexes, their remnant magnetic fields, and high-latitude magnetic fields has been demonstrated in the current cycle. The appearance of unipolar magnetic regions near the poles is largely determined by the decay of long-lived activity complexes. The nonuniform distribution of sunspot activity and its north–south asymmetry result in the asymmetry of remnant fields that are transported poleward due to meridional circulation. The asymmetry of high-latitude magnetic fields leads to an asynchrony of polar-field reversals in both hemispheres. The interaction of high-latitude unipolar magnetic regions with the polar fields affects the embedded coronal holes. The evolution of large-scale magnetic fields was also studied in a time–latitude aspect. It is shown that regular reversals of the Sun’s polar fields resulted from cyclic changes in high-latitude magnetic fields. A triple polarity reversal of the polar fields in Cycle 21 and short-term polarity alternations at the poles were interpreted taking into account the interaction of the remnant fields with the Sun’s polar fields.     

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.     

Decay of Activity Complexes,Formation of Unipolar Magnetic Regions,and Coronal Holes in Their Causal Relation

The peculiar development of solar activity in the current cycle resulted in an asynchronous reversal of the Sun’s polar fields. The asymmetry is also observed in the formation of polar coronal holes. A stable coronal hole was first formed at the South Pole, despite the later polar-field reversal there. The aim of this study is to understand the processes making this situation possible. Synoptic magnetic maps from the Global Oscillation Network Group and corresponding coronal-hole maps from the Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Telescope onboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory and the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory are analyzed here to study the causal relationship between the decay of activity complexes, evolution of large-scale magnetic fields, and formation of coronal holes. Ensembles of coronal holes associated with decaying active regions and activity complexes are presented. These ensembles take part in global rearrangements of the Sun’s open magnetic flux. In particular, the south polar coronal hole was formed from an ensemble of coronal holes that came into existence after the decay of multiple activity complexes observed during 2014.     

Evolution of Coronal Holes and Implications for?High-Speed Solar Wind During the Minimum Between Cycles 23 and 24

We analyze coronal holes present on the Sun during the extended minimum between Cycles 23 and 24, study their evolution, examine the consequences for the solar wind speed near the Earth, and compare it with the previous minimum in 1996. We identify coronal holes and determine their size and location using a combination of EUV observations from SOHO/EIT and STEREO/EUVI and magnetograms. We find that the long period of low solar activity from 2006 to 2009 was characterized by weak polar magnetic fields and polar coronal holes smaller than observed during the previous minimum. We also find that large, low-latitude coronal holes were present on the Sun until 2008 and remained important sources of recurrent high-speed solar wind streams. By the end of 2008, these low-latitude coronal holes started to close down, and finally disappeared in 2009, while smaller, mid-latitude coronal holes formed in the remnants of Cycle 24 active regions shifting the sources of the solar wind at the Earth to higher latitudes.     

Polar Coronal Holes During Cycles 22 and 23

The National Solar Observatory/Kitt Peak synoptic rotation maps of the magnetic field and of the equivalent width of the He i 1083 nm line are used to identify and measure polar coronal holes from September 1989 to the present. This period covers the entire lifetime of the northern and southern polar holes present during cycles 22 and 23 and includes the disappearance of the previous southern polar coronal hole in 1990 and and formation of the new northern polar hole in 2001. From this sample of polar hole observations, we found that polar coronal holes evolve from high-latitude (60° ) isolated holes. The isolated pre-polar holes form in the follower of the remnants of old active region fields just before the polar magnetic fields complete their reversal during the maximum phase of a cycle, and expand to cover the poles within 3 solar rotations after the reversal of the polar fields. During the initial 1.2–1.4 years, the polar holes are asymmetric about the pole and frequently have lobes extending into the active region latitudes. During this period, the area and magnetic flux of the polar holes increase rapidly. The surface areas, and in one case the net magnetic flux, reach an initial brief maximum within a few months. Following this initial phase, the areas (and in one case magnetic flux) decrease and then increase more slowly reaching their maxima during the cycle minimum. Over much of the lifetime of the measured polar holes, the area of the southern polar hole was smaller than the northern hole and had a significantly higher magnetic flux density. Both polar holes had essentially the same amount of magnetic flux at the time of cycle minimum. The decline in area and magnetic flux begins with the first new cycle regions with the holes disappearing about 1.1–1.8 years before the polar fields complete their reversal. The lifetime of the two polar coronal holes observed in their entirety during cycles 22 and 23 was 8.7 years for the northern polar hole and 8.3 years for the southern polar hole.     

Automated Identification of Coronal Holes from Synoptic EUV Maps

Coronal holes (CHs) are regions of open magnetic field lines in the solar corona and the source of the fast solar wind. Understanding the evolution of coronal holes is critical for solar magnetism as well as for accurate space weather forecasts. We study the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) synoptic maps at three wavelengths (195 Å/193 Å, 171 Å and 304 Å) measured by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory/Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SOHO/EIT) and the Solar Dynamics Observatory/Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (SDO/AIA) instruments. The two datasets are first homogenized by scaling the SDO/AIA data to the SOHO/EIT level by means of histogram equalization. We then develop a novel automated method to identify CHs from these homogenized maps by determining the intensity threshold of CH regions separately for each synoptic map. This is done by identifying the best location and size of an image segment, which optimally contains portions of coronal holes and the surrounding quiet Sun allowing us to detect the momentary intensity threshold. Our method is thus able to adjust itself to the changing scale size of coronal holes and to temporally varying intensities. To make full use of the information in the three wavelengths we construct a composite CH distribution, which is more robust than distributions based on one wavelength. Using the composite CH dataset we discuss the temporal evolution of CHs during the Solar Cycles 23 and 24.