The purpose of the UVCS is to provide a detailed description of the extended solar corona that can be used to address a broad range of scientific questions regarding the nature of the solar corona and the generation of the solar wind.
UVCS makes measurements of the solar corona between 2 and 10 solar radii from sun center with high spectral and spatial resolution. From the spectroscopic measurements at ultraviolet wavelengths, the
proton velocity distribution,
proton outflow velocity,
electron temperature, and
O VI, Si XII, and Mg X outflow velocities and densities O VI, Si XII, and Mg X velocity distributions,
electron density, and
minor ions densities
A User's Guide to UVCS
1998 UVCS Science Team Meeting
7th SOHO WorkshopA smaller Spartan UVCS has successfully observed the solar corona during three Space Shuttle missions.
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