LOFAR: The potential for solar and space weather studies

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 52, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 1415-1421

  Oberoi, D ^a   Kasper, J C ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Faraday rotation; Interferometry; Interplanetary scintillation; Remote sensing; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETRY; POLARIZATION; RADIO TELESCOPES; REMOTE SENSING; SCINTILLATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

INTERPLANETARY SCINTILLATION; MULTI-BEAMING CAPABILITY; SOLAR WINDS; SPACE WEATHER STUDIES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 9944236722     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2004.09.009     Document Type: Article

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