Examples of UVCS Observations

The following UVCS observing plans have been selected from those designed by the UVCS team. In some cases, similar plans have been merged. They are included here to show the range of problems for which UVCS will be useful and to give a very rough idea of expected count rates and exposure times. Several Joint Observing Programs are being prepared in collaboration with the intrument teams of other SOHO instruments. They will be included in future versions of this document.

• Doppler Dimming Determination of Coronal Outflow Velocities
• Electron Coronal Density Irregularity

  from Measurements of K-Coronal and Lyman Lines Brightnesses

• Small-Scale Temporal Variability in the Corona
• Modeling the Three-Dimensional Solar Corona from White Light Data
• The Temperature Gradient in Coronal Holes
• Studies of Fine Scale Structures in Coronal Holes -- Polar Plumes
• Modeling the Solar Wind in Coronal Holes
• Modeling the Solar Wind in Quiet Regions
• Solar Wind Properties as a Function of Bright Points Characteristics
• Dynamics of Protons and Heavy Ions in Solar Wind Acceleration Regions
• Stationary Coronal Streamers and Cusps
• Coronal Transients in UV Spectral Lines
• Observations of Plasmoids in the Solar Corona
• Study of UV Line Emission from Coronal Millimetre Wave Sources (CMMs)
• Abundances of Elements in the Outer Corona
• Alfven Wave Acceleration of the Solar Wind
• Study of Magnetic Reconnection Processes in the Extended Solar Corona
• High Temperature Gas Above Flares and Surges
• Contribution of ARs to the solar wind mass and energy flux.
• Physics of Shock Waves
• Rotation of the Extended Solar Corona
• Energy Transport by Suprathermal Electrons
• Intensity Calibration of the WLC
• Instrument Calibration with Stellar Observations
• Optical Signatures Related to Solar Radio Events
• Coordinated Observations with UVCS and LASCO
• Stellar Observations with UVCS
• UV Observations of the F-Corona
• Observations of Transits of the Inner Planets within the Field of View of UVCS