Preface Topical Issue "STEREO Science Results at Solar Minimum"

CHRISTIAN, E.R.; KAISER, M.I.; KUCERA, T.A.; ST CYR, O.C.; VAN DRIEL-GESZTELYI, L.; MANDRINI, C.H.

SOLAR PHYSICS

SPRINGER

Lugar: Berlin; Año: 2009 vol. 256 p. 1 - 2

0038-0938

  The magnetic fields that drive solar activity are complex and inherently three-dimensional structures. Twisted flux ropes, magnetic reconnection and the initiation of solar storms, as well as space weather propagation through the heliosphere, are just a few of the topics that cannot properly be observed or modeled in only two dimensions. Examination of this three-dimensional complex has been hampered by the fact that solar remote sensing observations have occurred only from the Earth ? Sun line, and in situ observations, while available from a greater variety of locations, have been sparse throughout the heliosphere. ...