On the Magnetic Structure of the Quiet Transition Region

Dowdy, J. F., Jr., D. Rabin, and R. L. Moore, On the Magnetic Structure of the Quiet Transition Region, Sol. Phys., 105, 35-45 (1986) (ADS)

The cartoon

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An extremely influential cartoon describing the 3D structure of the chromosphere, a major step away from rigorously layered semi-empirical atmospheric models. This may not have been the first cartoon to show this, but it is well done and well cited. Many much more complicated versions have followed; the Archivist's choice for the most elaborate would be the Wedemeyer opus. Flares and/or CMEs? They are rooted in this thicket, so its physics for example must be a part of our understanding.

Date: 2008 October 08

Update: 2019 November 21