Comparison of Solar Wind Speeds Using Wavelet Transform and Fourier Analysis in IPS Data
Solar Physics(2015)
摘要
The power spectra of intensity fluctuations in interplanetary scintillation (IPS) observations can be used to estimate solar-wind speeds in the inner heliosphere. We obtain and then compare IPS spectra from both wavelet and Fourier analyses for 12 time series of the radio source 3C48; these observations were carried out at Japan’s Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory (STEL) facility, at 327 MHz. We show that wavelet and Fourier analyses yield very similar power spectra. Thus, when fitting a model to spectra to determine solar-wind speeds, both yield comparable results. Although spectra from wavelet and Fourier closely match each other for solar-wind speed purposes, those from the wavelet analysis are slightly cleaner, which is reflected in an apparent level of intensity fluctuations that is enhanced, being ≈ 13 % higher. This is potentially useful for records that show a low signal-to-noise ratio.
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Radio scintillation,Solar wind, disturbances,Waves, propagation
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