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Measurements of the properties of solar wind plasma relevant to studies of its coronal sources

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Interplanetary measurements of the speeds, densities, abundances, and charge states of solar wind ions are diagnostic of conditions in the source region of the solar wind. The absolute values of the mass, momentum, and energy fluxes in the solar wind are not known to an accuracy of 20%. The principal limitations on the absolute accuracies of observations of solar wind protons and alpha particles arise from uncertain instrument calibrations, from the methods used to reduce the data, and from sampling biases. Sampling biases are very important in studies of alpha particles. Instrumental resolution and measurement ambiguities are additional major problems for the observation of ions heavier than helium. Progress in overcoming some of these measurement inadequacies is reviewed.

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Neugebauer, M. Measurements of the properties of solar wind plasma relevant to studies of its coronal sources. Space Sci Rev 33, 127–150 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00213251

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