Accession Number:

AD0915362

Title:

Solar Videometer: An Automatic Solar Flare Identification and Classification System.

Descriptive Note:

Research and development rept. Sep 68-Aug 73,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL ELECTRONICS LAB CENTER SAN DIEGO CA

Personal Author(s):

• Argo, P. E.
• Wulfing, D. A.
• Hildebrand, V. E.

Report Date:

1973-08-23

Pagination or Media Count:

57.0

Abstract:

The effect of solar flares upon radio communication on earth has been established, and is one of the chief reasons for interest in solar-geophysical phenomena. Voluminous data have been laboriously collected and analyzed, but the existence of discrepancies among observations made to date indicates a need for more facile data acquisition and more objective techniques of classification. The project reported here achieves these objectives via the development of a digital videometer system with computer control of acquisition and analysis. The system brings real-time prediction capability within reach for the first time. Author

Descriptors:

• (*SOLAR FLARES
• DATA ACQUISITION)
• FORECASTING
• AUTOMATIC
• IDENTIFICATION
• CLASSIFICATION
• RADIOFREQUENCY INTERFERENCE
• MATHEMATICAL PREDICTION
• VIDICONS
• TELESCOPES
• DIGITAL COMPUTERS
• ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS
• DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTERS
• ASTRONOMICAL CAMERAS
• REAL TIME

Subject Categories:

• Astrophysics
• Computer Hardware
• Radiofrequency Wave Propagation

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE