The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) Investigation for the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)

Solar Physics

Volumn 275, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 207-227

  Scherrer, P H ^a   Schou, J ^a   Bush, R I ^a   Kosovichev, A G ^a   Bogart, R S ^a   Hoeksema, J T ^a   Liu, Y ^a   Duvall Jr , T L ^b   Zhao, J ^a   Title, A M ^c   Schrijver, C J ^c   Tarbell, T D ^c   Tomczyk, S ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Helioseismology; Instrumentation and data management; Magnetic fields, photosphere; Solar Dynamics Observatory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855874213     PISSN: 00380938     EISSN: 1573093X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-011-9834-2     Document Type: Article

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