Is There a Chromospheric Footprint of the Solar Wind?

Abstract

We correlate the inferred structure of the solar chromospheric plasma topography with in situ solar wind velocity and composition data measured at 1 AU. Diagnostics of atmospheric “depth” in the chromosphere are made for several observing periods in active, coronal hole, and quiet-Sun regions.We demonstrate that the inferred chromospheric diagnostics correlate very strongly with solar wind velocity and inversely with the ratio of ionic oxygen (O?7 /O?6 ) densities. These correlations suggest that the structure of the solar wind is rooted deeper in the