A two-dimensional solar spectrometer.
Abstract
A precise two-dimensional positioning device has been developed for use in conjunction with a resonant scattering spectrometer to study the spatial distribution of solar velocity fields. The principle of operation and constructional details are discussed and the experimental performance is evaluated. As an illustration of its use preliminary data obtained from a meridional scan are presented.
- Publication:
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Solar Physics
- Pub Date:
- December 1981
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00154533
- Bibcode:
- 1981SoPh...74..503B
- Keywords:
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- Light Scattering;
- Positioning Devices (Machinery);
- Solar Spectrometers;
- Spatial Distribution;
- Velocity Distribution;
- Design Analysis;
- Fraunhofer Lines;
- Image Orthicons;
- Prisms;
- Solar Oscillations;
- Instrumentation and Photography;
- Spatial Distribution;
- Velocity Field;
- Preliminary Data;
- Experimental Performance;
- Position Device;
- Spectrometers:Sun;
- Sun:Velocity Fields