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The Sun’s Surface and Subsurface: Investigating Shape and Irradiance

By Jean-Pierre Rozelot (auth.) , Jean Pierre Rozelot (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2003
ISBN
3540441883, 9783540441885
DOI
10.1007/3-540-45755-0
ISSN
0075-8450
Open Library ID
OL9057932M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (1580664 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Physics 599
Edition
1
Pages
218\207
Topic
Physics
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Scanned
yes
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11
Extraterrestrial PhysicsSpace Sciences; Geophysics/Geodesy; Astronomy

Description

Composed of a set of lectures and tutorial reviews, this book stems from a summer school devoted to the gravitational aspects of the sun and their geophysical consequences. Contribitions elaborate on the gravitational distortions of the sun which can be used to gain some knowledge of the sun's interior and surface phenomena but which also influences the sun's irradience and thus ultimately the earth's climate. Last but not least, it is shown that these small distortions constitute a formidable challenge to solar astrometry, and the final part of the book describes the observational difficulties in defining unequivocally the solar diameter.

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