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Recent Papers

Listed alphabetically by first author.

Alexander, D., Gary, G. A., and Thompson, B.J., 1998, "Analysis of Active Regions via 3D Rendering Techniques'', in Proc. 2nd Advances in Solar Physics Euroconference (ASPE), Three-Dimensional Structure of Solar Active Regions, (eds. C. Alissandrakis and B. Schmieder), PASP Conference Series 155, 100.

Falconer, D.A., Davila, J.M., and Thomas, R.J., 1997, "Relative Elemental Abundance of the Quiet Solar Corona Determined by SERTS", ApJ 482, 1050.

Falconer, D.A., Moore, R.L., and Gary, G.A., 2003, "A measure from line-of-sight magnetograms for predicting coronal mass ejections", J. Geophys. Res. 108 (A10), 1380

Falconer, D.A., Moore, R.L. Porter, J.G., Gary, G.A. and Shimizu, T., 1997, "Neutral-Line Magnetic Shear and Enhanced Coronal Heating in Solar Active Regions", ApJ 482, 519.

Falconer, D.A. Moore, R.L., Porter, J.G., and Hathaway, D.H., 1998, "Network Coronal Bright Points: Coronal Heating Concentrations found in the Solar Magnetic Network", ApJ 501, 386.

Falconer, D.A. Moore, R.L., Porter, J.G., and Hathaway, D.H., 2003, "Solar Coronal Heating and the Magnetic Flux Content of the Network", ApJ 593, 549.

Falconer, D.A., Gary, G.A., Moore, R.L. and Porter, J.G., 2000, "An Assessment of Magnetic Conditions for Strong Coronal Heating in Solar Active Regions by Comparing Observed Loops with Computed Potential Field Lines," ApJ 528, 1004.

Falconer, D.A. and Davila, J.M., 2001, "Huge Coronal Structure and Heating Constraints Determined from SERTS Observations", ApJ 547, 1109.

Gary, G. A., 1996, "Potential Field Extrapolation Using Three Components of Solar Vector Magnetogram with a Finite Field of View", Solar Phys. 163, 43.

Gary, G. A., 1997, "Rendering Three-Dimensional Solar Coronal Structures", Solar Phys. 174, 241.

Gary, G. A., 2001, "Plasma Beta above a Solar Active Region: Rethinking the Paradigm", Solar Phys., 203, 71.

Gary, G. A., 2002, "On Determination of 3D Morophology and Plasma Properties of the Solar Corona", STEREO Conference Presentation.

Gary, G. A., and Alexander, D., 1999, "Constructing the Coronal Magnetic Field by Correlating Parameterized Magnetic Field Lines With Observed Coronal Plasma Structures", Solar Phys. 186, 123.

Gary, G. A., Davis, J. M., and Moore, R, 1998, "On Analysis of Dual Spacecraft Stereoscopic Observations to Determine the Three-Dimensional Morphology and Plasma Properties of Solar Coronal Flux Tubes", Solar Phys., 183, 45.

Gary, G. A., Davis, J. M., and West, E. A., 2008, "On Future Possibilities for Doppler and Magnetic Field Measurements in the Extended Solar Atmosphere", Adv. Space Res., submitted.

Gary, G. A., and Moore, R. L., 2004 "Eruption of a Multi-Turn Helical Magnetic Flux Tube in a Large Flare: Evidence for External and Internal Reconnection that Fits the Breakout Model of Solar Magnetic Eruptions", Astrophys. J. 611, 545.

Gary, G. A., Pietraszewski, C., West, E. A., and Dines, T. C., 2007, "Solar Confocal Interferometers for Sub-Picometer-Resolution Spectral Filters", A&A, Section 13 Astronomical Instrumentation (online).

Gary, G. A., West, E. A., Rees, D., McKay, J. A., Zukic, M., and Herman, P., 2007, "Solar CIV vacuum-ultraviolet Fabry-Perot interferometers", A&A, 461, 707.

Hathaway, D. H., 1996, "Doppler Measurements of the Sun's Meridional Flow", ApJ, 460, 1027-1033.

Hathaway, D. H., Beck, J. G., Bogart, R. S., Bachmann, K. T., Khatri, G., Petitto, J. M., Han, S., and Raymond, J., 2000, "The Photospheric Convection Spectrum", Solar Phys., 193, 299.

Hathaway, D. H., Beck, J. G., Han, S., and Raymond, J., 2002, "Radial Flows in Supergranules", Solar Phys., 205, 25.

Hathaway, D. H. and Choudhary, D., 2008, "Sunspot Group Decay", Solar Phys., in press.

Hathaway, D. H., Williams, P. E., and Cuntz, M., 2006, "Supergranule Superrotation Identified as a Projection Effect", ApJ, 644, 598-602.

Hathaway, D. H. and Wilson, R. M. 2004, "What the Sunspot Record Tells Us  about Space Climate", Solar Phys. 224, 5.

Hathaway, D. H. and Wilson, R. M. 2006, "Geomagnetic activity indicates large amplitude for sunspot cycle 24", Geophys. Res. Lett. 33, L18101.

Hathaway, D. H., Wilson, R. M., and Reichmann, E. J. 1994, "The Shape of the Sunspot Cycle", Solar Phys. 151, 177.

Hathaway, D. H., Wilson, R. M., and Reichmann, E. J. 1999, "A synthesis of solar cycle prediction techniques", J. Geophys. Res., 104, 22,375.

Hathaway, D. H., Wilson, R. M., and Reichmann, E. J. 2002, "Group Sunspot Numbers: Sunspot Cycle Characteristics", Solar Phys., 211, 357.

Hathaway, D. H., Nandy, D., Wilson, R.M., and Reichmann, E.J. 2003, "Evidence that a Deep Meridional Flow Sets the Sunspot Cycle Period", ApJ, 589, 665.

Hathaway, D. H., Nandy, D., Wilson, R.M., and Reichmann, E.J. 2004, Erratum: "Evidence that a Deep Meridional Flow Sets the Sunspot Cycle Period", ApJ, 602, 543.

Lee, J.K., T.S. Newman, and  G. A. Gary, 2004, Automated Detection of Solar Loops by the Orientated Connectivity Method, in the Proc. of the 17th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, No. 1540, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 23-26 August 2004

Liewer, P. C., J. M. Davis, De Jong, E. M., G. A. Gary, Klimchuk, J. A., and Reinert, R. P., 1998, Report on New Mission Concept Study: Stereo X-Ray Corona Imager Mission, Procedings of SPIE, Missions to the Sun II, (Invited Paper), SPIE, 3342, 53

Moore, R.L., Falconer, D.A., Porter, J.G. and Suess, S.T., 1999, "On heating the Sun's Corona by Magnetic Explosions: Feasibility in Active Regions and Prospects for Quiet Regions and Coronal Holes," ApJ, 526, 505.

Moore, R. L., Schmieder, B., Hathaway, D. H., and Tarbell, T. D., 1997, "3-D Magnetic Configuration Late in a Large Two-Ribbon Flare", Solar Phys., 176, 153-169.

Moore, R. L. and Sterling, A. C., 2006, "Initiation of Coronal Mass Ejections," Solar Eruptions and Energetic Particles AGU Geophysical Monograph Series 165, 43-57. Figure 1 (263 kB jpeg) , Figure 2 (320 kB eps) , Plate 1 (846 kB jpeg) , Plate 2 (376 kB eps) , Plate 3 (618 kB eps) , Plate 4 (584 kB eps) , Plate 5 (600 kB eps) .

Moore, R. L. and Sterling, A. C., 2007, "The Coronal-Dimming Footprint of a Streamer-Puff Coronal Mass Ejection: Confirmation of a Magnetic-Arch-Blowout Scenario," ApJ in press.

Moore, R. L., Sterling, A. C., and Suess, S. T. 2007, "The Width of a Solar Coronal Mass Ejection and the Source of the Driving Magnetic Explosion," ApJ in press.

Sterling, A. C., 2000, "Sigmoid CME source regions at the Sun: some recent results," J. Atmos. and Solar-Terrestrial Phys., 62, 1427.

Sterling, A. C., 2000, "Solar Spicules: A Review of Recent Models and Targets for Future Observations," Solar Phys., 196, 79.

Sterling, A. C., Harra, L. K., and Moore, R. L., 2007, "New Evidence for the Role of Emerging Flux in a Solar Filament's Slow Rise Preceding its CME-Producing Fast Eruption," Ap. J. in press.

Sterling, A. C. and Moore, R. L., 2001a, "Internal and External Reconnection in a Series of Homologous Solar Flares ". J. Geophys. Res. 106 A11, 25,227..

Sterling, A. C. and Moore, R. L., 2001b, "EIT Crinkles as Evidence for the Breakout Model of Solar Eruptions," Ap. J. 561, 1116.

Williams, P. E., Hathaway, D. H., and Cuntz, M., 2007, "Solar Rossby Wave "Hills" Identified as Supergranules", ApJ Lett., 662, L135-L138.

Wilson, R. M. and Hathaway, D. H., 2006a, "On the Relation Between Sunspot Area and Sunspot Number," NASA/TP-2006-214324.

Wilson, R. M. and Hathaway, D. H., 2006b, "An Examination of Sunspot Number Rates of Growth and decay in Relation to the Sunspot Cycle," NASA/TP-2006-214433.

Wilson, R. M. and Hathaway, D. H., 2006c, "Examination of the Armagh Observatory Annual Mean Temperature Record, 1844-2004," NASA/TP-2006-214434.

Wilson, R. M. and Hathaway, D. H., 2006d, "On the Relationship Between Spotless Days and the Sunspot Cycle: A Supplement," NASA/TP-2006-214601.

Wilson, R. M. and Hathaway, D. H., 2006e, "An Examination of Selected Geomagnetic Indices in Relation to the Sunspot Cycle," NASA/TP-2006-214324.

Wilson, R. M. and Hathaway, D. H., 2007, "Anticipating Cycle 24 Minimum and Its Consequences," NASA/TP-2007-215134.

Wilson, R. M. and Hathaway, D. H., 2008a, "On the Relationship Between Solar Wind Speed, Geomagnetic Activity, and the Sunspot Cycle Using Annual Values," NASA/TP-2008-215249.

Wilson, R. M. and Hathaway, D. H., 2008b, "On the Relationship Between Solar Wind Speed, Earth-Directed Coronal Mass Ejections, Geomagnetic Activity, and the Sunspot Cycle Using 12-Month Moving Averages," NASA/TP-2008-215413.

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