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A ‘source surface theory’ corollary: The mean solar field-interplanetary field correlation

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The correlation of the mean solar magnetic field and the interplanetary magnetic field reported by Wilcox et al. (1969) and Severny et al. (1970) has been interpreted by comparing the relationship of the measurement of the mean solar field with the physics involved in the formation of the interplanetary field. The high correlation observed is thus interpreted as a fortuitous correspondance between two integrals. The high correlation thus provides further support for the source surface model involved in these calculations. A new method is then suggested for observing the ‘mean solar field’ that might improve the correlations slightly.

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Schatten, K.H. A ‘source surface theory’ corollary: The mean solar field-interplanetary field correlation. Sol Phys 15, 499–503 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00151854

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