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A critical review of determinations of the number of spicules is presented, and the role of both classical and Type 2 spicules in heating and mass balance in the corona is considered. The total number of Type 2 spicules is determined, together with the upward fluxes of energy and mass to which they give rise. The total number of Type 2 spicules on the solar surface is found to be ~105, close to values obtained in other studies. The associated particle flux toward the corona is 2.5 × 1014 cm−2 s−1, an order of magnitude lower than the corresponding flux for classical spicules. The associated energy flux is 104 erg cm−2 s−1, an order of magnaitude lower than estimates obtained in other studies. The results indicate that Type 2 spicules can supply the mass lost from the corona, but are not able to fully explain coronal energy losses.
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Original Russian Text © S.G. Mamedov, D.M. Kuli-Zade, Z.F. Alieva, M.M. Musaev, F.R. Mustafa, 2016, published in Astronomicheskii Zhurnal, 2016, Vol. 93, No. 9, pp. 837–842.
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Mamedov, S.G., Kuli-Zade, D.M., Alieva, Z.F. et al. The total number of spicules on the solar surface and their role in heating and mass balanace in the solar corona. Astron. Rep. 60, 848–852 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063772916080060
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