THE 3-DIMENSIONAL EXTENT OF A HIGH-SPEED
SOLAR-WIND STREAM
MACDOWALL RJ
DESCH MD
KAISER ML
STONE RG
HESS RA
BALOGH A
BAME SJ
GOLDSTEIN BE
SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS
v.72, n.1-2, APR, 95, p.125-128
A primary goal of the Ulysses mission is to study the 3-dimensional structures making up the
interplanetary medium, an example of which is the high speed solar wind stream observed in
situ by Ulysses beginning in July 1992. In order to study the longitudinal extent of this stream
as a function of Ulysses' increasing heliographic latitude, a second point of reference is
required to separate spatial and temporal variations. Such a reference point is provided at Jupi
ter by a class of Jovian radio bursts, whose occurrence rate varies in a predictable way with
solar wind speed. Using the in situ and remote observations from Ulysses, the extent of the
high speed stream at similar to 5 AU is mapped and compared to the associated coronal hole
boundary on the Sun.