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Computer solutions for studying correlations between solar magnetic fields and skylab X-ray observations

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A method is described which uses the NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Image Data Processing System (IDAPS), MSFC magnetograph data, and X-ray as well as Ha observations from the Skylab mission. Solutions of Laplace's equation in three dimensions, based on the magnetograph data, are convolved with observed X-ray and Hα regions. Matched filtering (template matching) provides a best fit of the observed X-ray regions to the computed total magnetic vector magnitude between 10 000 and 15 000 km above the photosphere.

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  1. Space Sciences Laboratory, ES51, NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, 35812, AL, USA

    D. Teuber, E. Tandberg-Hanssen & M. J. Hagyard

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Teuber, D., Tandberg-Hanssen, E. & Hagyard, M.J. Computer solutions for studying correlations between solar magnetic fields and skylab X-ray observations. Sol Phys 53, 97–110 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02260211

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