Images of the solar upper atmosphere from SUMER on SOHO

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 1274, 2003, Pages 1-30

  Feldman, Uri ^a,b   Dammasch, Ingolf E ^c   Wilhelm, Klaus ^c   Lemaire, Philippe ^d   Hassler, Donald M ^e  

^a ARTEP INC   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^e SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SUN;

PLASMAS SPANNING; SOLAR UPPER ATMOSPHERE; SUMER;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 33746342205     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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