Simultaneous imaging and spectroscopy of the solar atmosphere: Advantages and challenges of a 3-order slitless spectrograph

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4498, Issue , 2001, Pages 16-26

  Kankelborg, Charles C ^a   Thomas, Roger J ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosphere; Corona; EUV; Imaging; Spectroscopy; Sun

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; IMAGE SENSORS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROGRAPHS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CORONA; LINE ASSYMETRY; LINE INTENSITY; NULL SPACE; SLITLESS SPECTROGRAPH; SOLAR ATMOSPHERE; TRANSITION REGION;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA;

EID: 0035766172     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.450074     Document Type: Article

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