Measurement of the Sun's changing sizes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2804, Issue , 1996, Pages 241-248

  Rozelot, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Climatology; Solar activity; Solar diameter; Solar irradiance; Solar oblateness

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; OBSERVATORIES; SOLAR ENERGY;

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE; DIAMETER VARIATION; FORECASTING MODELING; OBLATENESS; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR DIAMETER; SOLAR IRRADIANCES;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 57149106061     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.259717     Document Type: Conference Paper

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