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Paper: Solar Spicules near and at the Limb, Observed from Hinode
Volume: 454, The 3rd Hinode Science Meeting
Page: 87
Authors: Sterling, A. C.; Moore, R. L.
Abstract: Solar spicules appear as narrow jets emanating from the chromosphere and extending into the corona. They have been observed for over a hundred years, mainly in chromospheric spectral lines such as H-alpha. Because they are at the limit of visibility of ground-based instruments, their nature has long been a puzzle. In recent years however, vast progress has been made in understanding them both theoretically and observationally, as spicule studies have undergone a revolution because of the superior resolution and time cadence of ground-based and space-based instruments. Even more rapid progress is currently underway, due to the Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) instrument on the Hinode spacecraft. Here we give a synopsis of our recent findings from a movie of sharpened images from the Hinode SOT Ca II filtergraph of spicules at and near the limb in a polar coronal hole.
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