Analysis of OSO data to determine the structure and energy balance of the solar chromosphere
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4147686
A detailed reexamination of the temperature-density structure of the photosphere and low chromosphere shows that the middle and upper chromosphere, which directly emits most of the OSO spectrum, is sensitive to conditions in this underlying region of the atmosphere. A model of this region is based on a unified compilation of all recently published broadband flux and central intensity observations of the solar spectrum from 500 microns in the far infrared to 1220 A in the far ultraviolet. This extensive compilation includes the OSO 4 and 6 observations in the wavelength range 1400 to 1220 A. A model is presented of the quiet solar atmosphere in the height range between the temperature minimum and the upper part of the chromosphere-corona transition region. This model is based on statistical equilibrium calculations of H, He 1, He 2, Si 1, C 1, and other ions. (auth) (STAR)
- Research Organization:
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Mass. (USA)
- NSA Number:
- NSA-33-008079
- OSTI ID:
- 4147686
- Report Number(s):
- N--75-20190; NASA-CR--142262; SAO--503-060
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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