The Seasons of Solar Wind (IMAGE)

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

The Seasons of Solar Wind

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When solar wind hits the magnetosphere, it creates breaking waves known to scientists as Kelvin-Helmholtz waves. This wave activity is seasonal, researchers found; it increases around the spring and fall seasons (equinoxes) and decreases around summer and winter (solstices).

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Illustration: S. Kavosi and H. Nykyri / Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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