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The Temperature of the Solar Photosphere-Chromosphere Transition Region

J.H. Carver, B. H. Horton, G. W. A. Lockey

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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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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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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.

Key concepts: Chromosphere, Physics, Photosphere, Astrophysics, Coronal radiative losses, Brightness, Astronomy, Atmosphere (unit)

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