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Polar Ultraviolet Imager High-Resolution Images
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Polar Ultraviolet Imager High-Resolution Images.
[Data set].
Space Physics Data Facility.
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spase://NASA/DisplayData/POLAR/UVI/GIFs
Description
This data set contains detected and produced images of the ultraviolet light of the aurora, day and night from the Polar UltraViolet Imager (UVI) experiment.
Metadata Rights
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spase://NASA/DisplayData/POLAR/UVI/GIFs
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NASA
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DisplayData
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ResourceName
Polar Ultraviolet Imager High-Resolution Images
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48322/4399-w773
ReleaseDate
2026-06-26 15:10:50Z
RevisionHistory
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ReleaseDate
2020-07-07 19:48:35Z
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ReleaseDate
2025-11-14 16:17:33Z
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ReleaseDate
2025-12-04 13:28:01Z
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2026-02-25 20:57:21Z
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ReleaseDate
2026-06-26 15:10:50Z
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Description
This data set contains detected and produced images of the ultraviolet light of the aurora, day and night from the Polar UltraViolet Imager (UVI) experiment.
PublicationInfo
Authors
Parks, George K.
PublicationDate
2025-11-14 16:17:33Z
PublishedBy
Space Physics Data Facility
Contacts
Role
Person
StartDate
StopDate
Note
1.
PrincipalInvestigator
spase://SMWG/Person/George.K.Parks
2.
MetadataContact
spase://SMWG/Person/Peggy.Sloan
PriorIDs
spase://VSPO/DisplayData/POLAR/UVI/GIFs
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/SPDF/CDAWeb
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
RightsList
Rights
SchemeURI
https://spdx.org/licenses/
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SPDX
RightsIdentifier
CC0-1.0
RightsURI
https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html
RightsName
Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
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CC0 1.0 Universal is the Creative Commons license applicable to all publicly available NASA Heliophysics data products
AccessURL
Name
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URL
ftps://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/polar/uvi/aa_pre_generated_plots/gifs/
AccessURL
Name
HTTPS from SPDF
URL
https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/polar/uvi/aa_pre_generated_plots/gifs/
Description
Collection of gifs in SPDF
Format
GIF
ProcessingLevel
Calibrated
InstrumentIDs
spase://SMWG/Instrument/POLAR/UVI
MeasurementType
ImageIntensity
TemporalDescription
TimeSpan
StartDate
1996-03-23 15:56:15Z
StopDate
2008-02-10 18:40:28Z
SpectralRange
Ultraviolet
ObservedRegion
Earth.NearSurface.Ionosphere
Caveats
UVI Key Parameters are summary data only. In some cases parameters such as pointing and calibration were not be adequate to support quantitative scientific analysis. They should not to be used for presentation, publication, or analysis. The UVI KP CDF files only contain output for normal instrument mode when the spacecraft is in 9.2 second science telemetry mode. No Key Parameters are produced when the spacecraft is in maneuver telemetry mode, when UVI is in star (fast) mode, and when the despun platform is pointed away from the earth.
Parameter #1
Name
Time
Description
Time of observation
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #2
Name
Latitude
Description
Geographic latitude.
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Spherical
CoordinateSystemName
GEO
Support
Qualifier
Component.J
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #3
Name
Longitude
Description
Geographic longitude.
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Spherical
CoordinateSystemName
GEO
Support
Qualifier
Component.K
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #4
Name
Photon
Description
Photon density per unit time.
Support
Qualifier
Magnitude
SupportQuantity
Other