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Analysis of UVSP Dopplergrams and magnetograms and their calibration using the orbital velocity of the SMM spacecraft

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To infer velocities and longitudinal magnetic fields from Dopplergram and magnetogram signals obtained by the Ultraviolet Spectrometer and Polarimeter on the Solar Maximum Mission, one must know the width of the observed emission line. Although the instrument control system provided for a line-width calibration feature which utilized periodically commanded shifts of the line, it was not always used. However, it is possible to use the time-varying line-of-sight component of the orbital velocity of the spacecraft as a means of calibrating the line width for each pixel in a raster. Such a method based on a least-squares fit of the observed Doppler signal to the line-of-sight component of the spacecraft velocity is described here; it then applied to magnetogram observations. As background, the theoretical expressions for the interpretation of the observed Dopplergram and magnetogram signals for both wide and narrow exit slits are also summarized.

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Henze, W. Analysis of UVSP Dopplergrams and magnetograms and their calibration using the orbital velocity of the SMM spacecraft. Sol Phys 92, 67–73 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00157235

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