Calibration of a ground-based solar coronal polarimeter

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4843, Issue , 2002, Pages 66-75

  Elmore, David F ^a   Burkepile, Joan T ^a   Darnell, J Anthony ^a   Lecinski, Alice R ^a   Stanger, Andrew L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Polarimeter; Solar coronagraph

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SPACE RESEARCH;

SOLAR CORONAGRAPHS;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 0038748476     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459279     Document Type: Conference Paper

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