The Ultraviolet Spectrometer and Polarimeter on the Solar Maximum Mission

Solar Physics ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. E. Woodgate ◽  
E. A. Tandberg-Hanssen ◽  
E. C. Bruner ◽  
J. M. Beckers ◽  
J. C. Brandt ◽  
...  
1979 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Tandberg-Hanssen ◽  
B. E. Woodgate ◽  
R. G. Athay ◽  
J. M. Beckers ◽  
J. C. Brandt ◽  
...  

After nearly a decade of flare observations from the Solar Maximum Mission ( SMM ) the time has come to pause to review what has been accomplished and to identify the problems that remain to be solved. SMM has not only produced a comprehensive database on a variety of active-Sun phenomena but also taught us how to coordinate observations with ground-based observatories and other spacecraft to produce a more holistic view of the complex energy release and transport processes that we call a flare. SMM had a unique combination of four imaging instruments which emphasized the spectroscopy of the solar atmosphere. They were the Hard X-ray Imaging Spectrometer, the Bent Crystal Spectrometer, the Flat Crystal Spectrometer, and the Ultraviolet Spectrometer/Polarimeter. To illustrate the power of these instruments, this paper will describe the results of various studies of energy release, transport, and deposition phenomena during the onset of flares.


1981 ◽  
Vol 244 ◽  
pp. L133 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. E. Woodgate ◽  
R. A. Shine ◽  
J. C. Brandt ◽  
R. D. Chapman ◽  
A. G. Michalitsianos ◽  
...  

1985 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. Spencer ◽  
G. J. Bergen ◽  
C. M. Fleetwood ◽  
H. Herzig ◽  
L. Miner ◽  
...  

1981 ◽  
Vol 20 (21) ◽  
pp. 3805 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Miller ◽  
A. J. Caruso ◽  
B. E. Woodgate ◽  
A. A. Sterk

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