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NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Science Data Products
Entry ID: SDO_DIF_PLACEHOLDER

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Summary

Abstract: [Text Source: The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Project Home page, http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/mission/about.php ]

SDO: The Solar Dynamics Observatory is the first mission to be launched for NASA's Living With a Star (LWS) Program, a program designed to understand the causes of solar variability and its impacts on Earth. SDO is designed to help us understand the Sun's influence on Earth and Near-Earth space by studying the solar atmosphere on small scales of space and time and in many wavelengths simultaneously.

SDO's goal is to understand, driving towards a predictive capability, the solar variations that influence life on Earth and humanity's technological systems by determining how the Sun's magnetic field is generated and structured how this stored magnetic energy is converted and released into the heliosphere and geospace in the form of solar wind, energetic particles, and variations in the solar irradiance.

Launch
SDO launched on February 11, 2010, 10:23 am EST on an Atlas V from SLC 41 from Cape Canaveral.

Science
SDO will study how solar activity is created and how Space Weather comes from that activity. Measurements of the interior of the Sun, the Sun's magnetic field, the hot plasma of the solar corona, and the irradiance that creates the ionospheres of the planets are our primary data products.

Read more about SDO Science
http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/mission/science/science.php

Instruments
SDO will fly three scientific experiments:

Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA)
EUV Variability Experiment (EVE)
Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI)

Each of these experiments perform several measurements that characterize how and why the Sun varies. These three instruments will observe the Sun simultaneously, performing the entire range of measurements necessary to understand the variations on the Sun.

Read more about SDO's instruments.
http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/mission/instruments.php

Related URL

Link: GET DATA
Description: Joint Science Operations Center (JSOC) HMI - AIA Science Data Processing (SDP) home

Link: GET DATA
Description: EVE - Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment datasets

Link: GET DATA
Description: Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) datasets.

Link: GET DATA
Description: Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) datasets.

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
Description: SDO Project Home Page at NASA GSFC.

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
Description: NASA's Science Mission Directorate Heliophysics SDO Home Page

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
Description: NASA Living with a Star Project

Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Description: Heliophysics Events Knowledgebase

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: SDO (NASA) and the [AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium
Dataset Title: NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Science Data Products
Dataset Release Place: Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Online Resource: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Location Keywords

SPACE > SOLAR REGION > CHROMOSPHERE
SPACE > SOLAR REGION > CORONA
SPACE > SOLAR REGION > PHOTOSPHERE
SPACE > SOLAR REGION > SOLAR CORE
SPACE > SOLAR REGION > SOLAR INTERIOR

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Platform

SDO >Solar Dynamics Observatory [Information]

Instrument

HMI-SDO >Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager on Solar Dynamics Observatory    [Information]

AIA-SDO >Atmospheric Imaging Assembly on Solar Dynamics Observatory    [Information]

EVE-SDO >Extreme ultraviolet Variability Experiment on Solar Dynamics Observatory    [Information]

Project

ESIP >Earth Science Information Partners Program    [Information]

SDO >NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory    [Information]

LWS >NASA Living with a Star    [Information]

Use Constraints

Please Review Data Rules:
http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/rules.php

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Science Data Processing, Joint Science Operations Center, Stanford University [Information]
Data Center URL: http://jsoc.stanford.edu/
Dataset ID: HMI and AIA Datasets, HMI processing and access to higher level data products

Data Center Personnel

Name: HMI AND AIA SCIENCE TEAM INVESTIGATORS

Extreme ultraviolet Variability Experiment, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado [Information]
Data Center URL: http://lasp.colorado.edu/eve/
Dataset ID: Extreme ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE) Datasets

Data Center Personnel

Name: VANESSA GEORGE
Email: vanessa.george at lasp.colorado.edu

Atmospheric Imaging Assembly, Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory, Advanced Technology Center, Lockheed Martin [Information]
Data Center URL: http://aia.lmsal.com/
Dataset ID: Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) Datasets

Data Center Personnel

Name: KAREL SCHRYVER
Email: schryver at lmsal.com

Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager, Stanford Solar Observatories Group, Stanford University [Information]
Data Center URL: http://hmi.stanford.edu/
Dataset ID: Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) Datasets

Data Center Personnel

Name: PHILIP H. SCHERRER
Email: pscherrer at solar.Stanford.edu

Solar Dynamics Observatory Project, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA [Information]
Data Center URL: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Dataset ID: SDO Browse Data, Movies, Latest 48 Hour

Data Center Personnel

Name: W. DEAN PESNELL
Email: William.D.Pesnell at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
SDO Project Scientist - Goddard Space Flight Center

Distribution

Distribution_Media: Online (HTTP)
Fees: No Fees

Personnel

W. DEAN PESNELL
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: William.D.Pesnell at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
SDO Project Scientist - Goddard Space Flight Center

SCOTT A. RITZ
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Phone: 301-614-5126
Fax: 301-614-5268
Email: Scott.A.Ritz at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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City: Greenbelt
Province or State: Maryland
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 1994-07-24

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-03-03

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