Solar Variability during Record Solar Flares Video
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
SORCE Monitors Solar Variability during Record Solar Flares - Video version
The SORCE mission monitors solar variability to determine its impact on the Earth's climate. The X-ray photometer aboard SORCE observes the record-breaking solar flares in the Fall of 2003. The line graph shows the photometer's measured solar radiation flux in the 1-7 nanometer wavelength band (x-ray) measured in milliwatts per square meter. The ultraviolet (195 Angstrom) imagery from SOHO/EIT (green) illustrates where the flares (the bright white spots) are located on the solar disk. This version has the contents slightly smaller for use in video.
Movie of the time series and ultraviolet solar imagery.