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The Temperature of the Solar Photosphere-Chromosphere Transition Region

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

J. H. Carver ,
B. H. Horton  and
G. W. A. Lockey
J. H. Carver
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Adelaide
B. H. Horton
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Adelaide
G. W. A. Lockey
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Adelaide
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The region of the solar atmosphere where the brightness temperature is less than 9 x 103 K. defines the photosphere and low chromosphere. In physical scale this covers the range from 300 km. below to 2 x 103 km. above the visible surface.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , March 1972 , pp. 94 - 95
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1972

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