Pointing Error Correction for Millimeter Wave Spectroheliograms

Pointing Error Correction for Millimeter Wave Spectroheliograms
Author: Michael J. Neary
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1971
Genre: Antennas (Electronics)
ISBN:

The AFCRL 29-ft millimeter wave antenna at the Prospect Hill Millimeter Wave Observatory, Waltham, Massachusetts, is used to make solar maps (spectroheliograms), at a wavelength of 8.6 mm, for solar forecasting purposes. The half-power beamwidth of the antenna, although only 4 min of arc, is not narrow enough to detect the smaller hot regions that can develop into active centers on the sun. To overcome this limitation, a data-reduction process that can effectively narrow the beamwidth of the antenna, so that finer details on the maps will be visible, is needed. A computer program that can effectively narrow the beamwidth of the scanning antenna system by restoring and enhancing the antenna output has been applied to the Prospect Hill maps. It is believed that the enhanced maps can be further improved if a quiet sun component, or mean map, is subtracted from daily maps before the restoration is attempted. This report describes the technique used on the Prospect Hill IBM 1800 computer system to center the mean and daily maps on a common heliographic reference to effect the subtraction. (Author).

Pointing Error Correction for Millimeter Wave Spectroheliograms

Pointing Error Correction for Millimeter Wave Spectroheliograms
Author: Michael J. Neary
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1971
Genre: Antennas (Electronics)
ISBN:

The AFCRL 29-ft millimeter wave antenna at the Prospect Hill Millimeter Wave Observatory, Waltham, Massachusetts, is used to make solar maps (spectroheliograms), at a wavelength of 8.6 mm, for solar forecasting purposes. The half-power beamwidth of the antenna, although only 4 min of arc, is not narrow enough to detect the smaller hot regions that can develop into active centers on the sun. To overcome this limitation, a data-reduction process that can effectively narrow the beamwidth of the antenna, so that finer details on the maps will be visible, is needed. A computer program that can effectively narrow the beamwidth of the scanning antenna system by restoring and enhancing the antenna output has been applied to the Prospect Hill maps. It is believed that the enhanced maps can be further improved if a quiet sun component, or mean map, is subtracted from daily maps before the restoration is attempted. This report describes the technique used on the Prospect Hill IBM 1800 computer system to center the mean and daily maps on a common heliographic reference to effect the subtraction. (Author)

Literature 1972, Part 1

Literature 1972, Part 1
Author: Siegfried Böhme
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 533
Release: 2013-11-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3662122812

Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts, which has appeared in semi-annual volumes since 1969, is de voted to the recording, summarizing and indexing of astronomical publications throughout the world. It is prepared under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union (according to a resolution adopted at the 14th General Assembly in 1970). Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts aims to present a comprehensive documentation of Iiterature in all fields of astronomy and astrophysics. Every effort will be made to ensure that the average time interval between the date of receipt of the original Iiterature and publication of the abstracts will not exceed eight months. This time interval is near to that achieved by monthly abstracting journals, com pared to which our system of accumulating abstracts for about six months offers the advantage of greater convenience for the user. Valurne 7 contains Iiterature published in 1972 and received before August 15, 1972; some older Iiter ature which was received late and which is not recorded in earlier volumes is also included.

The Solar Dynamics Observatory

The Solar Dynamics Observatory
Author: Phillip Chamberlin
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 405
Release: 2012-05-05
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1461436737

This volume is dedicated to the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which was launched 11 February 2010. The articles focus on the spacecraft and its instruments: the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA), the Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE), and the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI). Articles within also describe calibration results and data processing pipelines that are critical to understanding the data and products, concluding with a description of the successful Education and Public Outreach activities. This book is geared towards anyone interested in using the unprecedented data from SDO, whether for fundamental heliophysics research, space weather modeling and forecasting, or educational purposes. Previously published in Solar Physics journal, Vol. 275/1-2, 2012. Selected articles in this book are published open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license at link.springer.com. For further details, please see the license information in the chapters.