The magnetic nature of coronal holes

Science

Volumn 271, Issue 5248, 1996, Pages 464-469

  Wang, Yi Ming ^a   Hawley, Scott H ^b   Sheeley Jr , Neil R ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1126/science.271.5248.464     Document Type: Article

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67. We thank J W Harvey (NSO/Kitt Peak) for the He I 10830 Å synoptic maps and J T Hoeksema (WSO/ Stanford University) for the photospheric field data. We also thank our former summer students, D F. Acton, D. L. Aronstein, and D M Hurley, for their help in developing the computer algorithm to identify helium coronal holes. Supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Office of Naval Research, and the Naval Research Laboratory Summer Student Program (S H H)