Kinetic models of solar and polar winds

dc.contributor.author	Lemaire, J.
dc.contributor.author	Pierrard, V.
dc.date	2001
dc.date.accessioned	2017-05-04T09:17:18Z
dc.date.available	2017-05-04T09:17:18Z
dc.identifier.uri	https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/5247
dc.description	The study of the solar corona has been strewn with great discoveries, surprises and controversies. The major steps since van de Hulst's (1953) and Chapman's (1957) early hydrostatic models of the extended corona, until the most recent generations of kinetic models of the coronal expansion and of the supersonic solar wind flows, are presented. These models are compared to insitu observations. Progress in polar wind models went through a somewhat similar evolution that is outlined also. The advantages and limitations of the successive brands of solar wind and polar wind models are considered.
dc.language	eng
dc.title	Kinetic models of solar and polar winds
dc.type	Article
dc.subject.frascati	Physical sciences
dc.audience	Scientific
dc.source.title	Astrophysics and Space Science
dc.source.volume	277
dc.source.issue	1-2
dc.source.page	169-180
Orfeo.peerreviewed	Yes
dc.identifier.doi	10.1023/A:1012245909542
dc.identifier.scopus	2-s2.0-0035605431