On the existence of the east-west asymmetry in the optical observations of the solar corona

The east-west asymmetry has been analyzed using the 1946–2000 corona observation data for the green line at the Kislovodsk station. A positive east-west asymmetry has been revealed throughout the entire observation period except for three years, 1994–1996. Time variations of the east-west asymmetry...

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Published in:Geomagnetism and Aeronomy 2010-12, Vol.50 (7), p.848-853
Main Author: Tyagun, N. F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Corona
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Geophysics/Geodesy
Optics
Seasonal variations
Seasons
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Summary:The east-west asymmetry has been analyzed using the 1946–2000 corona observation data for the green line at the Kislovodsk station. A positive east-west asymmetry has been revealed throughout the entire observation period except for three years, 1994–1996. Time variations of the east-west asymmetry for certain periods coincide with those for flares. Seasonal variations of the east-west asymmetry revealed earlier by other authors are not confirmed. If seasonal variations of the east-west asymmetry in the corona exist, their amplitudes are smaller than or comparable to the instrumental errors, errors caused by atmospheric variations during the observation period and to differences between the corona-intensity measuring systems used at different observatories.
ISSN:0016-7932
1555-645X
0016-7940
DOI:10.1134/S0016793210070030