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The Ulysses Catalog of Solar Hard X-Ray Flares

(2009). The Ulysses Catalog of Solar Hard X-Ray Flares. [Data set]. Solar Physics: A Journal for Solar and Solar-Stellar Research and the Study of Solar Terrestrial Physics, 258(1).

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spase://NASA/Catalog/ULYSSES/Hard_X-Ray_Flares

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The Ulysses Catalog of Solar Hard X-Ray Flares is a comprehensive, 13-year dataset (1990–2003+) from the Solar X-ray/Cosmic Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) instrument, covering solar flares with 15-150 keV hard X-ray spectra. Due to its unique, out-of-ecliptic orbit, the instrument provided stereoscopic observations of flares, including those hidden from Earth-orbiting satellites, allowing analysis of "thermal feed-through" and coronal components. See publication DOI 10.1007/s11207-009-9387-9

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spase://NASA/Catalog/ULYSSES/Hard_X-Ray_Flares
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NASA
ResourceType
Catalog
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
The Ulysses Catalog of Solar Hard X-Ray Flares
ReleaseDate
2026-02-02 13:10:27Z
RevisionHistory
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
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ReleaseDate
2026-02-02 13:10:27Z
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Description
The Ulysses Catalog of Solar Hard X-Ray Flares is a comprehensive, 13-year dataset (1990–2003+) from the Solar X-ray/Cosmic Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) instrument, covering solar flares with 15-150 keV hard X-ray spectra. Due to its unique, out-of-ecliptic orbit, the instrument provided stereoscopic observations of flares, including those hidden from Earth-orbiting satellites, allowing analysis of "thermal feed-through" and coronal components. See publication DOI 10.1007/s11207-009-9387-9
PublicationInfo
Title
The Ulysses Catalog of Solar Hard X-Ray Flares
Authors
Tranquille, C.; Hurley, K.; Hudson, H. S.
PublicationDate
2009-08-01 00:00:00
PublishedBy
Solar Physics: A Journal for Solar and Solar-Stellar Research and the Study of Solar Terrestrial Physics, 258(1)
Contacts
Role Person StartDate StopDate Note
1. Author spase://SMWG/Person/Cecil.Tranquille
2. Author spase://SMWG/Person/Kevin.C.Hurley
3. MetadataContact spase://SMWG/Person/Olga.Y.Uritskaya

AccessInformation
RepositoryID
spase://SMWG/Repository/UCBerkeley
AccessURL
URL
https://escholarship.org/content/qt95w6q8vn/qt95w6q8vn.pdf
Format
PDF
ProviderName
eScholarship, UC Berkeley Previously Published Works
InstrumentIDs
spase://SMWG/Instrument/Ulysses/GRB
spase://SMWG/Instrument/GOES/1/Ephemeris
spase://SMWG/Instrument/RHESSI/Ephemeris
PhenomenonType
SolarFlare
TimeSpan
StartDate
1990-12-23 09:43:00
StopDate
2003-11-04 20:06:00
Parameter #1
Name
Calendar date
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #2
Name
Day
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #3
Name
GOES event times, Start
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #4
Name
GOES event times, End
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #5
Name
GOES event times, Max
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #6
Name
Flare location
Support
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #7
Name
Flare class
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #8
Name
Ulysses position, R (AU)
Support
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #9
Name
Ulysses position, Long.
Support
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #10
Name
Ulysses position, Lat.
Support
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #11
Name
Data availability
Description
Column indicates whether the flare is seen as a count rate increase in the Ulysses data (Y) or not (N), or whether it is not known (?) due to missing telemetry or to a high background caused by in situ charged particles.
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #12
Name
F – S – U angle
Description
Flare – Sun – Ulysses (F – S – U) angle in degrees
Support
SupportQuantity
Orientation
Parameter #13
Name
Peak GRB
Description
The column provides the peak count rate (non-normalized and corrected for rollover and dead time effects where necessary) measured by GRB during the event if seen.
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
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