Heliospheric tomography: An algorithm for the reconstruction of the 3D solar wind from remote sensing observations

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5171, Issue , 2004, Pages 287-297

  Hick, P Paul ^a   Jackson, Bernard V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Heliosphere; Solar wind; Space weather; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FUNCTIONS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INTEGRATION; KINEMATICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLASMAS; SCINTILLATION; TOMOGRAPHY; WIND;

3D RECONSTRUCTION; HELIOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND; SPACE WEATHER;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 1942486804     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.513122     Document Type: Conference Paper

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