Centimeter-wave solar bursts and associated effects

Most of our knowledge of solar bursts in the meter-wave region has been derived from dynamic spectral observations. Systematic spectral observations have led to the classification of meter-wave bursts into distinct spectral types. No such classification exists for cm-wave bursts because spectral observations are only just beginning. However, recent interferometric measurements have enabled the cm-wave bursts to be classified into a number of distinct types. The properties of such different types of cm-wave bursts are discussed in relation to their associated effects. Dynamic spectral observations of cm-wave bursts obtained at the University of Michigan show that cm-wave burst emission is a broad-band continuum, similar in nature to meter-wave type-IV and type-V emission.