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Coronal heating and chromospheric energy density: An observational association

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The time-averaged equivalent width of the HeI 10830 Å line is seen to be correlated with the time-averaged line width. This correlation is interpreted as evidence for the association of the chromospheric energy density with the heating of the overlying corona.

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Venkatakrishnan, P. Coronal heating and chromospheric energy density: An observational association. Sol Phys 148, 233–238 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00645088

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