Open AccessThree‐dimensional propagation of interplanetary disturbances detected with radio scintillation measurements at 327 MHz
Author(s) -
Tokumaru Munetoshi,
Kojima Masayoshi,
Fujiki Ken'ichi,
Yokobe Atsushi
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research: space physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.67
H-Index - 298
eISSN - 2156-2202
pISSN - 0148-0227
DOI - 10.1029/2000ja900001
Subject(s) - interplanetary scintillation , scintillation , solar wind , longitude , interplanetary spaceflight , solar flare , physics , interplanetary medium , latitude , wind speed , radio propagation , geophysics , atmospheric sciences , astrophysics , meteorology , coronal mass ejection , astronomy , optics , plasma , quantum mechanics , detector
Interplanetary scintillation (IPS) measurements at 327 MHz have been used to study the three‐dimensional propagation of interplanetary (IP) disturbances between 0.2 AU and near‐Earth distance (∼ 1 AU). IPS data of four events, September 23 and August 24, 1998, and November 4 and 6, 1997, events, in which marked IP disturbances were observed in association with energetic solar flares, have been analyzed in this study. From the analysis of these events it is found that the propagation speed of IP disturbances varies with longitude and latitude. We also found that the fast speed direction does not necessarily agree with the flare normal direction. Slow propagation speeds of IP disturbances appear to be closely associated with the slow speed region of ambient solar wind. This suggests that the large‐scale structure of the solar wind speed may play an important role in determining the propagation speed of IP disturbances, although further study is necessary.