Solar burst observations at metre and decametre wavelengths

Observations of solar radio bursts at metric and decametric wavelengths are reviewed. Attention is given to the information on the characteristics and physical mechanisms of type III bursts, type II bursts, type I storms, drift pairs, regular pulsations and continuum bursts obtained by the use of dynamic radio spectrographs, and on moving type IV bursts, flare and slow-drift continuum bursts, refraction and scattering in the corona, type II bursts from behind the limb, coronal magnetic structures in type III bursts and type I storms and coronal thermal emission obtained by the use of imaging radio telescopes. The application of the swept-frequency polarimeter to solar radio burst observations is also indicated, and the approaches of the STEREO experiment and theoretic studies are presented. The value of using data from different instruments and in different wavelength regions in the study of solar burst phenomena is pointed out.