how are photospheric flows related to solar flares? brian t. welsch 1, yan li 1, peter w. schuck...

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Flares are transient enhancements of the Sun’s radiative output over a wide wavelength range, from radio to X-rays. This movie shows flare emission in Ca II ob- served by the Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) aboard the Hinode satellite. (Image credit: SOT Team/NASA/JAXA) Flares produce bursts of emission in spaceborne X-ray monitors. Note “two ribbon” structure