Abstract
The Ultraviolet Coronagraph Spectrometer (UVCS) on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has been used to measure spectral line profiles for H I Lyα in the south polar coronal hole at projected heliocentric heights from 3.5 to 6.0 R⊙ during 1998 January 5–11. Observations from 1.5 to 2.5 R⊙ were made for comparison. The H I Lyα profile is the only one observable with UVCS above 3.5 R⊙ in coronal holes. Within this region the outflowing coronal plasma becomes nearly collisionless and the ionization balance is believed to become frozen.
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