Signatures of coronal hole spectra between 660 AA and 1460 A\ai measured with SUMER on SOHO

• Published in: Space science reviews Vol. 87; no. 1-2; pp. 299 - 302
• Main Authors: Schuehle, U, Curdt, W, Wilhelm, K, Solanki, S K, Stucki, K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.01.1999
• ISSN: 0038-6308

Spectra of the northern polar coronal hole measured with the SUMER spectrometer on SOHO on 25 October 1996 are analyzed. We present spectra taken at locations on the solar disk where part of the spectrometer slit intersects a polar coronal hole region and an area of brighter emission from outside of the coronal hole area. By comparing the line intensities between the parts of the spectrum taken inside the ``dark'' area of the coronal holes and the brighter regions, we work out the signatures of the specific coronal hole in the chromosphere, transition region and lower corona. We find that emissions of neutral atom lines, of which there are many in the spectrum of SUMER, show no difference between the coronal hole and the bright boundary areas, whereas all ionized species show strong intensity enhancements, including the continuum emissions of carbon and hydrogen. These enhancements are larger than in normal quiet Sun areas.