Corotating Interaction Regions: Proceedings of an Issi Workshop 6-13 June 1998, Bern, Switzerland

By: H. Kunrow

Book Overview

A Corotating Interaction Region (CIR) is the result of the interaction of fast solar wind with slower solar wind ahead. CIRs have a very large three-dimensional ex- tent and are the dominant large-scale structure in the heliosphere on the declining and minimum phase of the solar activity cycle. Until recently, however, CIRs could only be observed close to the ecliptic plane, and their three-dimensional structure was therefore not obvious to observers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 079236080X
• ISBN13: 9780792360803
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 411 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"