• Solar wind turbulence refers to the complex, chaotic fluid motions and magnetic field fluctuations observed in the solar wind plasma as it flows outward...
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    where the solar wind dominates over the interstellar medium. Turbulence and dynamic forces in the heliosphere cannot affect the shape of the solar corona...
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    The solar wind is a stream of charged particles released from the Sun's outermost atmospheric layer, the corona. This plasma mostly consists of electrons...
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    accuracy. OTUR focused on detecting and analyzing turbulence in Venus's upper atmosphere and the solar wind. By examining fluctuations in radio signal properties...
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  • satellites"), that will measure solar wind turbulence - fluctuations in the magnetic field and motions of the solar wind. The mission PI is Harlan Spence...
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    its solar wind moves "away" from the Sun supersonically. When the interstellar wind hits the heliosphere it slows and creates a region of turbulence. A...
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  • the center to about 0.2 of the solar radius (139,000 km; 86,000 mi). It is the hottest part of the Sun and of the Solar System. It has a density of 150...
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    magnetosheath turbulence April 9 - The Solar-cycle Variations of the Anisotropy of Taylor Scale and Correlation Scale in the Solar Wind Turbulence February...
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    In solar physics, a prominence, sometimes referred to as a filament, is a large plasma and magnetic field structure extending outward from the Sun's surface...
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    experiment to study the upper atmosphere a radio science atmospheric and solar wind turbulence experiment a gamma ray burst detector to record gamma-ray burst...
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  • modelling, experiments, and observations (e.g., solar wind). Magnetohydrodynamics Turbulence Alfvén wave Solar dynamo Reynolds number Navier–Stokes equations...
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  • sequence stars below about 0.3 solar masses are entirely convective, meaning they do not have a radiative zone. From 0.3 to 1.2 solar masses, the region around...
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    of which is visible in the Sun as solar granulation. Low-mass main-sequence stars, such as red dwarfs below 0.35 solar masses, as well as pre-main sequence...
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    the solar wind passes Earth. The flow of plasma into the magnetosphere increases with additional turbulence, density, and speed in the solar wind. This...
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    Renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, tidal, hydro, biomass, and geothermal have become significant sectors of the energy market. The rapid growth...
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    hours, to global winds resulting from the difference in absorption of solar energy between the climate zones on Earth. The study of wind is called anemology...
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    is a type of dry, relatively warm downslope wind in the lee of a mountain range. It is a rain shadow wind that results from the subsequent adiabatic warming...
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    The Parker Solar Probe (PSP; previously Solar Probe, Solar Probe Plus or Solar Probe+) is a NASA space probe launched in 2018 to make observations of...
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    building height it is near the optimum for maximum wind energy and minimum wind turbulence. While wind speeds within the built environment are generally...
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    around the telescope is heated, which causes turbulence and degrades the resolution. To alleviate this, solar telescopes are usually built on towers and...
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    Solar phenomena are natural phenomena which occur within the atmosphere of the Sun. They take many forms, including solar wind, radio wave flux, solar...
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    polar cyclone. In areas where winds tend to be light, the sea breeze-land breeze cycle (powered by differential solar heating and night cooling of sea...
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    a phenomenon known as clear air turbulence (CAT), caused by vertical and horizontal wind shear connected to the wind gradient at the edge of the jet streams...
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  • zone of energetic charged particles, most of which originate from the solar wind, that are captured by and held around a planet by that planet's magnetosphere...
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  • display rapid fluctuations (turbulence) and vertical mixing is strong. Above the PBL is the "free atmosphere", where the wind is approximately geostrophic...
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    wind or plasma fountain is a permanent outflow of plasma from the polar regions of Earth's magnetosphere.: 29  Conceptually similar to the solar wind...
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    intermittent such as wind and solar, but at the expense of utilities and consumers. Subsidizing this with production tax credits makes wind power cheaper for...
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  • I\rangle }}.} This can be related to the phase deviation caused by turbulence in the solar wind by considering the incident electromagnetic plane wave, and yields...
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    Small wind turbines, also known as micro wind turbines or urban wind turbines, are wind turbines that generate electricity for small-scale use. These...
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  • Decay: Turbulence generated by buoyancy which drives the mixing decays after sunset and CBL collapses as well. In the atmospheric boundary layer, wind shear...
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