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The upcoming new world of sunspot observations from space
Author(s) -
Lites' B.W.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3994(200208)323:3/4<277::aid-asna277>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - orbiter , sunspot , context (archaeology) , physics , solar observatory , astronomy , solar physics , space weather , observatory , spacecraft , remote sensing , meteorology , astrobiology , geography , magnetic field , archaeology , quantum mechanics
Several space missions are in planning, or actually in preparation for launch, that will provide tremendous advances in observational capability for angular resolution, polarimetric precision, wavelength coverage, and continuity of observation. These missions, including Solar‐B, Sunrise, Solar Dynamics Observatory, and Solar Orbiter, will lay the observational framework for confronting many outstanding questions regarding sunspots: their formation, evolution, and dissipation; and their consequences for other solar phenomena. These four missions are briefly reviewed in the context of their importance to the physics of the sunspot phenomenon.