The intensity contrast of solar granulation: Comparing Hinode SP results with MHD simulations

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 484, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Danilovic, S ^a   Gandorfer, A ^a   Lagg, A ^a   Schussler M ^a   Solanki, S K ^a   Vogler A ^b   Katsukawa, Y ^c   Tsuneta, S ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Sun: granulation; Sun: photosphere

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; GRANULATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LEAD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTOGRAPHY; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SULFATE MINERALS;

DEFOCUS; MAGNETO HYDRODYNAMICS (MHD) SIMULATIONS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC (MHD) SIMULATION; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); POINT SPREAD FUNCTION (PSF); SECONDARY MIRRORS; SOLAR SURFACES; STATED-PERFERENCE (SP) DATA; STRAY LIGHT; SYNTHETIC IMAGES; TELESCOPE APERTURE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 44849101422     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200809857     Document Type: Article

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