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Record Search Query: [Science_Parameters: Science_Category='EARTH SCIENCE', Science_Topic='SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS', Science_Term='SOLAR ACTIVITY']

Potential Field Source Surface Models
 Entry ID: PFSS

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Summary
Abstract: Potential Field Source Surface Models provide an approximate description of the solar coronal magnetic field based on observed photospheric fields (magnetograms). They were initially developed by Altschuler and Newkirk (Sol. Phys. 9, 131, 1969) and Schatten et al. (Sol. Phys. 6, 442, 1969), and later refined by Hoeksema (1984 Thesis, Stanford University) and Wang and Sheeley (ApJ 392, 310, 1992).
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Caption Description:  Magnetic Field

Service Citation
Originators: J. Luhmann et al., SSL/UC Berkeley
Title: Potential Field Source Surface Models
Provider: Community Coordinated Modeling Center
URL: http://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/models/modelinfo.php?model=PFSS
Service Keywords
MODELS >SOLAR-ATMOSPHERE/SPACE-WEATHER MODELS Parameter Definition

Science Keywords
SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS >SOLAR ACTIVITY >CORONA Parameter Definition
SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS >IONOSPHERE/MAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS >MAGNETIC FIELDS/MAGNETIC CURRENTS Parameter Definition
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GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
Ancillary Keywords
Model
Coronal Magnetic Field

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NASA/GSFC/SED/HSD/GPL/CCMC > Community Coordinated Modeling Center, Geospace Physics Lab, Heliospheric Science Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Supplemental Info
Service Organization URL: http://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/

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Name: MICHAEL HESSE
Phone: 301-286-8224
Fax: 301-286-1648
Email: Michael.Hesse at nasa.gov
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City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
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Distribution_Media: Online
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PETER MACNEICE
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 301-286-2061
Email: peter.j.macneice at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA/GSFC
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
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Publications/References
Altschuler, M.D. and G. Newkirk, Magnetic fields and structure of solar corona .I. Methods of calculating coronal fields, Solar Physics 9, 131, 1969.

Hoeksema, J. T. 1984, Ph.D. thesis, Stanford University.

Schatten, K. H., Wilcox J. M, and N. F. Ness, A model of interplanetary and coronal magnetic fields, Solar Physics, 6, 442, 1969.

Wang, Y. M. And N. R. Sheeley , On potential-field models of the solar corona, Astrophysical Journal 392 (1): 310-319 Part 1 JUN 10 1992.
Creation and Review Dates
SERF Creation Date: 2006-08-10
SERF Last Revision Date: 2011-11-10
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