NRL Solar Physics Division PHYSICAL INFORMATION IN DATA: Best-Fit Solutions Extract physical information from observations—constrain the model by only the observed height-time data, Z data (t i ), and calculate the best-fit solution, Z th (t i ) ‒ Minimize the average deviation from the data (maximize the goodness of fit) ‒ data, model solution, and uncertainty at the i-th observing time Adjust S f and to minimize D ‒ A shooting method ‒ S f and calculated by the best-fit solution are the physical predictions of the EFR model constrained by the height-time data The best-fit solutions can produce other physical predictions that can be tested ‒ Hypothesis:
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