The Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG) Project

Harvey1, Hill, Hubbard

  • 1J. W. Harvey, F. Hill, R. P. Hubbard, J. R. Kennedy, J. W. Leibacher, and J. A. Pintar are with the National Solar Observatory, National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Post Office Box 26732, Tucson, AZ 85726-6732, USA. P. A. Gilman is with the High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Post Office Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307, USA. R. W. Noyes is with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. A. M. Title is with the Lockheed Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. J. Toomre is with JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA. R. K. Ulrich is with the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA. A. Bhatnagar is with the Udaipur Solar Observatory, Physical Research Laboratory, Udaipur, India. J. A. Kennewell is with the Learmonth Solar Observatory, IPS Radio and Space Services, Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia. W. Marquette is with the Big Bear Solar Observatory, Big Bear City, CA 92314, and California Institute of Technology, 264-33, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA. J. Patron is with the Observatorio del Teide, Instituto Astrofisica de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. O. Saa is with the Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory, National Optical Astronomy Observatories, La Serena, Chile. E. Yasukawa is with the Mauna Loa Solar Observatory, Hilo, HI 96720, and High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Post Office Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|May 31, 1996
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