Polarization Calibration of the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)

Solar Physics

Volumn 275, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 327-355

  Schou, J ^a   Borrero, J M ^b,e   Norton, A A ^c   Tomczyk, S ^b   Elmore, D ^d   Card, G L ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL SOLAR OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^e KIEPENHEUER INSTITUT FÜR SONNENPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855883173     PISSN: 00380938     EISSN: 1573093X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-010-9639-8     Document Type: Article

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