Mojave Solar Helioseismology Glossary


CCD: Charge-coupled device.

Dopplergram: Map of the Sun's surface velocity.

Doppler shifts:

Magnetogram: Map of the Sun's magnetic field. They are produced by calculating the Sun's magnetic field component along the line-of-sight.

Solar absorption lines:

UTC: Universal Time Constant. Similar to Greenwich Mean Time. UTC time is 8 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time (PST) and 7 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).

Zeeman splitting:


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