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Solar radio bursts of spectral type II provide one of the chief diagnostics for the propagation of shocks through the solar corona. Radio data on the shocks are compared with computer models for propagation of fast-mode MHD shocks through the solar corona. Data on coronal shocks and high-velocity ejecta from solar flares are then discussed in terms of a general model consisting of three main velocity regimes.
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Maxwell, A., Dryer, M. Characteristics of shocks in the solar corona, as inferred from radio, optical, and theoretical investigations. Space Sci Rev 32, 11–25 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00225173
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