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A simple derivation of microwave solar brightness temperatures and polarizations from thermal regions

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Using the full magnetoionic theory in the microwave region along a ray-path through the solar chromosphere and corona we have obtained a convenient expression, and from it a simple diagram which permits the direct computation of the brightness temperature and circular polarization from a thermal source, for any combination of the physical parameters which enter in their computation.

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  1. Department of Astronomy, Boston University, 02215, Boston, Mass., U.S.A.

    Michael D. Papagiannis & John A. Kogut

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Papagiannis, M.D., Kogut, J.A. A simple derivation of microwave solar brightness temperatures and polarizations from thermal regions. Sol Phys 48, 49–57 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00153330

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