The Sun's Surface and Subsurface Investigating Shape and Irradiance /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rozelot, Jean-Pierre (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2003.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2003.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 599
• Subjects: Planetology.; Astrophysics.; Space sciences.; Geophysics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy-Observations.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

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...

Table of Contents:

• A Guide to the Book
• A Guide to the Book
• The Figure of the Sun, Astrophysical Consequences. A Tutorial
• The Figure of the Sun, Astrophysical Consequences. A Tutorial
• Solar Oscillations
• Helioseismology: A Fantastic Tool to Probe the Interior of the Sun
• Detection of Solar Eigenmodes
• Variations in the Solar Irradiance
• Solar Ultraviolet Irradiance: Origins, Measurements, and Models
• Total Solar and Spectral Irradiance Variations from Near-UV to Infrared
• Mesurement of the Solar Diameter
• Atmospheric Turbulence and Solar Diameter Measurement
• Solar Astrometry with the Astrolabe of Santiago
• Measurements of the Sun's Radius at Calern Observatory.