Citation
Abstract
Experimental solar wind columnar turbulence measurements have frequently been modelled as a function of a single geometrical parameter. Since columnar turbulence results from the signal path integration of an appropriate source function, hypothesized columnar turbulence models must be cast as a function of two independent geometrical parameters. This article quantifies the distortion which results from the attempt to extract and model the functional dependence of experimental columnar turbulence measurements via usage of a single geometrical parameter. In the case of Doppler phase fluctuation data ($), the net effect of usage of a single geometrical parameter is to translate the more accurate two parameter formulation: da, B) = Kpa! 3 where: a = signal closest approach distance B = Earth-Sun-probe angle to a less accurate one parameter expression of the form: oa) = Kaq7!
Details
- Volume
- 42-50
- Published
- April 15, 1979
- Pages
- 110–118
- File Size
- 598.9 KB