Comment on "Resolving the 180° Ambiguity in Solar Vector Magnetic Field Data: Evaluating the Effects of Noise, Spatial Resolution, and Method Assumptions"

Solar Physics

Volumn 276, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 423-440

  Georgoulis, Manolis K ^a  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Active regions, magnetic fields; Instrumental effects; Magnetic fields, photosphere; Polarization, optical

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856110508     PISSN: 00380938     EISSN: 1573093X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-011-9819-1     Document Type: Article

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