Abstract
A random-clustering model of prominence fine-structure has been applied to observations of prominence Hα spectra. The model yields an estimate of the number of unresolved elements that form an individual resolved feature, and sets limits on their velocity and Hα profile dispersions.
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Zirker, J.B., Koutchmy, S. Prominence fine structure II: Diagnostics. Sol Phys 131, 107–118 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00151747
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00151747