SUMSS: A wide-field radio imaging survey of the southern sky. I. Science goals, survey design, and instrumentation

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1578-1593

  Bock, D C J ^a   Large, M I ^b   Sadler, Elaine M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Instrumentation: Interferometers; Radio continuum; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001281866     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/300786     Document Type: Review

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