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White-light eclipse and coronagraph images of the Sun reveal the complex structure of the Sun's outer atmosphere, the solar corona. The structures observed are produced by the interaction of the solar wind with the coronal magnetic field. Advances in coronal modeling techniques now allow us to realistically simulate this interaction. Specific examples of our calculations and comparisons of our results with coronal data can be found on this page.
Description of the Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Model
Eclipse Predictions and Comparisons:
The December 4, 2002 Solar Eclipse
The June 21, 2001 Solar Eclipse
The August 11, 1999 Solar Eclipse
The February 26, 1998 Solar Eclipse
The March 9, 1997 Solar Eclipse
Carrington Rotations 1918/1919
(Jan 5 - Feb 26, 1997)
Carrington Rotation 1888
(Oct 10 - Nov 6, 1994)
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The calculations described here were carried out
by solar physicists
Jon
Linker,
Zoran Mikic,
Roberto
Lionello, and Pete Riley.
They are researchers in the Advanced
Systems Group of Science
Applications International Corporation in San Diego. Their research
was supported by NASA
and the National
Science Foundation.
The computations were performed at the
San
Diego Supercomputer Center and at the
National
Energy Research Supercomputer Center.
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