The Solar Dynamics Observatory

Phillip Chamberlin, William Dean Pesnell, Barbara Thompson

Springer Science & Business Media, May 5, 2012 - Science - 408 pages

This volume is dedicated to the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which was launched 11 February 2010. The articles focus on the spacecraft and its instruments: the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA), the Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE), and the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI). Articles within also describe calibration results and data processing pipelines that are critical to understanding the data and products, concluding with a description of the successful Education and Public Outreach activities.

This book is geared towards anyone interested in using the unprecedented data from SDO, whether for fundamental heliophysics research, space weather modeling and forecasting, or educational purposes.

Previously published in Solar Physics journal, Vol. 275/1-2, 2012.
Selected articles in this book are published open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license at link.springer.com. For further details, please see the license information in the chapters.

Contents

• Preface: 1
• The Solar Dynamics Observatory SDO: 3
• The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly AIA on the Solar Dynamics Observatory SDO: 17
• Initial Calibration of the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly AIA on the Solar Dynamics Observatory SDO: 41
• Heliophysics Event Knowledgebase for the Solar Dynamics Observatory SDO and Beyond: 67
• Computer Vision for the Solar Dynamics Observatory SDO: 79
• Overview of Science Objectives Instrument Design Data Products and Model Developments: 115
• Radiometric Calibrations and Results: 145
• Algorithms and Calibrations: 179
• The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager HMI Investigation for the Solar Dynamics Observatory SDO: 207
• Design and Ground Calibration of the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager HMI Instrument on the Solar Dynamics Observatory SDO: 229
• Image Quality of the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager HMI Onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory SDO: 261
• Wavelength Dependence of the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager HMI Instrument onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory SDO: 285
• Polarization Calibration of the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager HMI onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory SDO: 327
• Implementation and Comparison of Acoustic TravelTime Measurement Procedures for the Solar Dynamics ObservatoryHelioseismic and Magnetic I...: 357
• TimeDistance Helioseismology DataAnalysis Pipeline for Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager Onboard Solar Dynamics Observatory SDOHMI and Its ...: 375
• Changing Perceptions One Program at a Time: 391

About the author

W. Dean Pesnell is the Project Scientist and Phillip Chamberlin and Barbara Thompson are the two Deputy Project Scientists for the Solar Dynamics Observatory. Dr. Pesnell and Dr. Thompson have been with SDO since the original idea was proposed more than ten years ago, and Dr. Chamberlin worked throughout the lifetime of the Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE) instrument before coming to Goddard prior to the launch of SDO.
Dr. Thompson received her B.A. in Physics and Mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania and her Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Pesnell received his B.S. in Physics from the University of Delaware and his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Florida. Dr. Chamberlin received his undergraduate degree in Physics from Hanover College and his master’s and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering Sciences from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Solar Dynamics Observatory; SpringerLink : Bücher
• Editors: Phillip Chamberlin, William Dean Pesnell, Barbara Thompson
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media, 2012
• ISBN: 1461436737, 9781461436737
• Length: 408 pages
• Subjects: Science / Earth Sciences / General; Science / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology; Science / Physics / Astrophysics; Technology & Engineering / Aeronautics & Astronautics