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Synoptic Magnetic Fields Measurements of the Solar Chromosphere from SOLIS/VSM at NSO

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 November 2018

Sanjay Gosain  and
SOLIS Team
Sanjay Gosain
Affiliation:
National Solar Observatory, 3665 Discovery Drive, Boulder 80303, Colorado, USA email: sgosain@nso.edu
SOLIS Team
Affiliation:
National Solar Observatory, 3665 Discovery Drive, Boulder 80303, Colorado, USA email: sgosain@nso.edu
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Abstract

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Full disk magnetic field measurements of the photosphere and chromosphere have been performed at National Solar Observatory (NSO), USA for many decades. Here we briefly describe recent upgrades made to this synoptic observing program. In particular, we present the full Stokes polarimetry observations made using the chromospheric Ca II 854.2 nm spectral line. These new observations have the potential to probe vector nature of magnetic field in the chromosphere above the active regions and provide improved estimates of magnetic free-energy, which is released during flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). We emphasize that these observations could improve estimates of polar fields, as compared to photospheric observations, due to magnetic field expansion in higher layers and perspective effect near the polar regions. The global coronal potential field models and solar wind speed estimates depend critically on polar field measurements.

Keywords

Instrumentation: polarimetersSun: chromosphereSun: chromosphere
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 13 , Symposium S340: Long-term Datasets for the Understanding of Solar and Stellar Magnetic Cycles , February 2018 , pp. 91 - 92
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2018 

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