Abstract
We report simultaneous observations of a flare (1991 January 11 18:25 UT) with a combination of spectra and high time resolution images in H-alpha. The Mees Solar Observatory CCD Imaging Spectrograph obtains spectra and spectroheliograms with a repetition rate of 14 s. These data permit the identification of sites of nonthermal electron precipitation or of high coronal pressure. We observe extremely strong electron precipitation in this flare; we find reasonable agreement between the observed profiles and theoretical precipitation spectra. We discuss the possibility that the spectra classed as precipitation signatures are in fact the result of a projection effect, and we indicate limitations of the one-dimensional theoretical models.
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