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...