title: Three-dimensional exploration of the solar wind using observations of interplanetary scintillation.
abstract: The solar wind, a supersonic plasma flow continuously emanating from the Sun, governs the space environment in a vast region extending to the boundary of the heliosphere (∼100 AU). Precise understanding of the solar wind is of importance not only because it will satisfy scientific interest in an enigmatic astrophysical phenomenon, but because it has broad impacts on relevant fields. Interplanetary scintillation (IPS) of compact radio sources at meter to centimeter wavelengths serves as a useful ground-based method for investigating the solar wind. IPS measurements of the solar wind at a frequency of 327 MHz have been carried out regularly since the 1980s using the multi-station system of the Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory (STEL) of Nagoya University. This paper reviews new aspects of the solar wind revealed from our IPS observations.
authors: Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. tokumaru@stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp
authors: Munetoshi
authors: M
authors: Tokumaru
mesh_terms: D016083:Planets; D016082:Solar System; D014054:Tomography; D014919:Wind
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