Solar Variability during Record Solar Flares

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

SORCE Monitors Solar Variability during Record Solar Flares

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.

The X11 solar flare on October 29, 2003

Metadata

  • Sensor

    SORCE/XPS

  • Animation ID

    2917

  • Video ID

    None

  • Start Timecode

    00:00:00:00

  • End Timecode

    00:00:00:00

  • Animator

    Tom Bridgman, Marte Newcombe

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2004/02/18

  • Scientist

    Gary Rottman (University of Colorado), Tom Woods (University of Colorado)

  • Datasets

    SOHO/EIT

  • Keywords

    Solar Flare, Solar Radiation, X-ray, Ultraviolet, Solar Active Region

  • DLESE Subject

    Space science

  • Data Date

    2003/10/25-2003/11/07

  • Pao ID

    G04-009

  • Animation Type

    Regular