Downflows and Structure above Solar Flare Arcades

Links to related images & movies:

1. Initial findings: McKenzie & Hudson (1999, Astrophysical Journal, 519, L93) PDF format

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2. Newest paper: McKenzie (2000, Solar Physics, 195, 381)
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   PS format,
   Gzipped PS format,
   associated movies (These 5 "Enclosures" will appear on CD-ROM with the Solar Physics article.)

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3. X-ray images from the 20 January 1999 solar flare (previously unpublished, but "land_fig.gif" will appear on McKenzie's poster at the Lake Tahoe meeting). Except for the first JAVA Script movie, these are simply different presentations of three frames from the SXT movie: a bright arcade is shown, with arrows indicating the location of a downward-moving X-ray-dark feature.

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   • JAVA Script movie, color reversed, of 20 January 1999 arcade with several X-ray-dark downflowing features. The middle part of the arcade is obscured in this movie, due to CCD pixel saturation.
     

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   • Three frames, portrait style:

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   • Three frames, landscape style:

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   • Animated GIF

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   • JAVA Script movie of three frames

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4. X-ray images that will appear on McKenzie's poster at the SPD meeting:

   • Three frames from 20 January 1999, landscape style, showing downward motion of X-ray-dark feature

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   • Two frames from 16 August 1998, landscape style, showing shrinkage of X-ray-bright feature, possibly a magnetic flux tube. The middle part of the arcade is obscured due to CCD pixel saturation.

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   • Four frames from 22 February 2000, portrait style, showing shrinkage of X-ray-bright feature, possibly a magnetic flux tube. The middle part of the arcade is obscured due to CCD pixel saturation.

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5. Cartoons:

   • Annotated cartoon from McKenzie's poster

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   • Same cartoon, with blue shading and no text annotations

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David E. McKenzie
Montana State University