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The global solar wind and predictions for Pioneers 10 and 11
Author(s) -
Suess S. T.,
Nerney S. F.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl002i003p00075
Subject(s) - meridional flow , zonal and meridional , solar wind , physics , interplanetary magnetic field , azimuth , flux (metallurgy) , observable , heliospheric current sheet , mass flux , magnetohydrodynamics , geophysics , latitude , ecliptic , plane (geometry) , zonal flow (plasma) , magnetic flux , magnetic field , atmospheric sciences , mechanics , plasma , astronomy , geometry , materials science , mathematics , quantum mechanics , metallurgy , tokamak
The dependence on latitude of the azimuthal component of the interplanetary magnetic field generates a meridional pressure gradient which, in turn, generates a meridional flow. This flow has observable consequences in the equatorial plane, although the meridional velocity itself may be zero in this plane. Analytic estimates of these observables—the mass flux, azimuthal and radial magnetic flux, density, and spiral angle—are made in the range of 1 to 12 AU.