AbstractObservations of strong solar wind proton flux correlations with ROSAT X-ray rates along with high spectral resolution Chandra observations of X-rays from the dark Moon show that soft X-ray emission mirrors the behavior of the solar wind. In this paper, based on an analysis of an X-ray event observed by XMM-Newton resulting from charge exchange of high charge state solar wind ions and contemporaneous neutral solar wind data, we argue that X-ray observations may be able to provide reliable advance warning, perhaps by as much as half a day, of dramatic increases in solar wind flux at Earth. Like neutral atom imaging, this provides the capability to monitor the solar wind remotely rather than in situ.


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    Title :

    One-up on L1: Can X-rays provide longer advanced warning of solar wind flux enhancements than upstream monitors?


    Contributors:
    Collier, M.R. (author) / Moore, T.E. (author) / Snowden, S.L. (author) / Kuntz, K.D. (author)

    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 35 , 12 ; 2157-2161


    Publication date :

    2005-02-04


    Size :

    5 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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