A USER'S GUIDE TO UVCS/SOHO

J. L. Kohl (SAO), G. Noci (U. Firenze), S. R. Cranmer, S. Fineschi, L. D. Gardner, C. D. Halas, J. C. Raymond, P. L. Smith, L. Strachan, R. M. Suleiman (SAO), and the UVCS/SOHO team

January 1998 AAS Meeting, Poster 73.09

(This interactive poster contains all the material that was exhibited at the meeting, along with significant additional information.)


* ABSTRACT:

The SOHO Ultraviolet Coronagraph Spectrometer (UVCS/SOHO) is currently being used to observe the extended solar corona between 1 and 10 heliocentric radii. In its first two years of operation, UVCS/SOHO has made spectroscopic measurements leading to the determination of densities, velocities, temperatures, and elemental abundances in coronal holes, equatorial streamers, and coronal mass ejections. Observations of selected non-solar targets, such as near-ecliptic stars, planets, comets, and interplanetary hydrogen and helium, have also produced interesting astronomical results. This poster presents a brief review of the UVCS/SOHO spectroscopic and polarimetric diagnostic capabilities, highlighted by pertinent observational data. Most importantly, we summarize the procedures that have been designed to allow UVCS/SOHO data to be used by a wide array of researchers, and invite participation in this unique investigation.

This work is supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under grant NAG5-3192 to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, by Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, and by Swiss funding agencies.

NASA CfA ASI


* POSTER SECTIONS:

  1. Introduction: What Does UVCS Measure?

  2. Summary of Diagnostic Capabilities and Results

  3. Getting Involved


* REFERENCES:

(The following links are to ADS abstracts and, where available, full online papers.)

Antonucci, E., et al. 1997, ApJ Letters, 490, 183

Ciaravella, A., et al. 1997, ApJ Letters, 491, 59

Kohl, J. L., et al. 1995, Solar Phys., 162, 313

Kohl, J. L., et al. 1997, Solar Phys., 175, 613

Noci, G., Kohl, J. L., and Withbroe, G. L. 1987, ApJ, 315, 706

Raymond, J. C., et al. 1997, Solar Phys., 175, 645

Strachan, L., Kohl, J. L., Weiser, H., Withbroe, G. L., and Munro, R. H. 1993, ApJ, 412, 410

Withbroe, G. L., Kohl, J. L., Weiser, H., and Munro, R. H. 1982, Space Sci. Rev., 33, 17


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