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SDO/AIA EUV Data
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SDO/AIA FITS Data
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SDO/AIA FITS Data.
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Description
The SDO/AIA Level 1 FITS Data.
The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) onboard Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) focuses on the evolution of the magnetic environment in the Sun’s atmosphere, and its interaction with embedded and surrounding plasma. The AIA investigation covers a broad range of science objectives that focus on five core research themes that both advance solar and heliospheric physics in general and provide advanced warning of coronal and inner-heliospheric disturbances of interest to the Living With a Star (LWS) program, i.e., global change, space weather, human exploration of space, and technological infrastructure in space and on Earth.
AIA provides the following essential capabilities: i) A view of the entire Sun in 4k x 4k resolution (pixel size of 0.6 arcseconds), with full thermal coverage of the corona; ii) A high signal-to-noise ratio for two- to three-second exposures that reaches 100 in quiescent conditions for the low-temperature coronal-imaging channels and during flaring in the higher-temperature channels, with a dynamic range of up to 10,000; iii) Essentially uninterrupted viewing for months at a temporal cadence of 12 seconds in seven extreme UV (EUV) band passes (94, 131, 171, 193, 211, 304 and 335 Å), and 24 seconds for two UV channels (1600 and 1700 Å) band passes; iv) In special observing modes, AIA can capture images of the Sun at higher cadence while keeping within the instrument allocated telemetry by using a subset of bandpass channels, and/or using a crop table.
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SDO/AIA FITS Data
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48322/51e0-hf62
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2026-06-26 13:27:47Z
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Description
The SDO/AIA Level 1 FITS Data.
The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) onboard Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) focuses on the evolution of the magnetic environment in the Sun’s atmosphere, and its interaction with embedded and surrounding plasma. The AIA investigation covers a broad range of science objectives that focus on five core research themes that both advance solar and heliospheric physics in general and provide advanced warning of coronal and inner-heliospheric disturbances of interest to the Living With a Star (LWS) program, i.e., global change, space weather, human exploration of space, and technological infrastructure in space and on Earth.
AIA provides the following essential capabilities: i) A view of the entire Sun in 4k x 4k resolution (pixel size of 0.6 arcseconds), with full thermal coverage of the corona; ii) A high signal-to-noise ratio for two- to three-second exposures that reaches 100 in quiescent conditions for the low-temperature coronal-imaging channels and during flaring in the higher-temperature channels, with a dynamic range of up to 10,000; iii) Essentially uninterrupted viewing for months at a temporal cadence of 12 seconds in seven extreme UV (EUV) band passes (94, 131, 171, 193, 211, 304 and 335 Å), and 24 seconds for two UV channels (1600 and 1700 Å) band passes; iv) In special observing modes, AIA can capture images of the Sun at higher cadence while keeping within the instrument allocated telemetry by using a subset of bandpass channels, and/or using a crop table.
PublicationInfo
Authors
The AIA Consortium: Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center (USA); Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (USA); Stanford University (USA); Alias Aerospace, Inc. (USA); Harvard University-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (USA); e2v technologies (USA); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (USA); Reflective X-ray Optics LLC (USA); Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK)
PublicationDate
2010-06-01 00:00:00Z
PublishedBy
Stanford University
Contacts
Role
Person
StartDate
StopDate
Note
1.
PrincipalInvestigator
spase://SMWG/Person/Meng.Jin
2.
FormerPI
spase://SMWG/Person/Mark.C.M.Cheung
3.
FormerPI
spase://SMWG/Person/Karel.Schrijver
4.
FormerPI
spase://SMWG/Person/Alan.M.Title
InformationURL
Name
The SDO/AIA website at LMSAL
URL
http://aia.lmsal.com/
InformationURL
Name
The SDO/AIA Instrument paper
URL
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-011-9776-8
PriorIDs
spase://VSPO/NumericalData/SDO/AIA/MultipleData
spase://VSPO/NumericalData/SDO/AIA/PT10S
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
spase://SMWG/Repository/Stanford/HMI-AIA.JSOC
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
AccessURL
Name
JSOC Data Center
URL
http://jsoc.stanford.edu/
Description
The JSOC Top page
AccessURL
Name
SDO/AIA EUV Data
URL
http://jsoc.stanford.edu/ajax/exportdata.html?ds=aia.lev1_euv_12s[2020-01-01T00:00:00/20m][]
Description
The link to download the SDO/AIA 94, 131, 171, 193, 211, 304, and 335 Å images.
AccessURL
Name
SDO/AIA UV Data
URL
http://jsoc.stanford.edu/ajax/exportdata.html?ds=aia.lev1_uv_24s[2020-01-01T00:00:00/20m][]
Description
The link to download SDO/AIA the 1600 and 1700 Å images.
AccessURL
Name
SDO/AIA White Light Data
URL
http://jsoc.stanford.edu/ajax/exportdata.html?ds=aia.lev1_vis_1h[2020-01-01T00:00:00/24h][]
Description
The link to download SDO/AIA 4500 Å images.
AccessURL
Name
SDO/AIA Data Search via Virtual Solar Observatory
URL
https://sdac.virtualsolar.org/cgi/search?time=1&instrument=AIA&spectrum=1&version=current&build=1
Style
Search
Format
FITS
InstrumentIDs
spase://SMWG/Instrument/SDO/AIA
MeasurementType
ImageIntensity
TemporalDescription
TimeSpan
StartDate
2010-05-13 00:00:02Z
RelativeStopDate
-P1D
Cadence
PT12S
ObservedRegion
Sun
ObservedRegion
Sun.Photosphere
ObservedRegion
Sun.Chromosphere
ObservedRegion
Sun.TransitionRegion
ObservedRegion
Sun.Corona
Parameter #1
Name
FITS Data Array
Description
SDO/AIA Image Intensity Array
Units
Data Number
Wave
WaveType
Photon
WaveQuantity
Intensity
SpatialCoverage
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Cartesian
CoordinateSystemName
HPC
Description
Array size: 4096x4096
Pixel Resolution: 0.6 arcsec
Field of view: ~1.3 solar radii