2.7.1
https://spdx.org/licenses/
SPDX
CC0-1.0
https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html
Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
CC0 1.0 Universal is the Creative Commons license applicable to all publicly available SPASE metadata descriptions
spase://NASA/Catalog/RHESSI/HESSI/Flare_list
NASA
Catalog
RHESSI Flare List
2026-02-02T13:10:23Z
2025-04-10T18:03:25Z
Only known prior ReleaseDate of the metadata
2025-04-11T14:41:38
Event list was registered 2020-07-07 21:15:17Z as numerical data with partial description. Registration completed by OYU Apr 2025.
2026-02-02T13:10:23Z
Added MetadataRightsList and RightsList(s). Updated to 2.7.1. Changed http to https in top-level schemaLocation attribute. Fixed version number separator in top-level schemaLocation attribute. ZCB
The RHESSI X-ray-based flare list is obtained by comparing the observing summary count rate in the 6 to 12 keV energy band to a threshold. The count rate threshold is determined from the background level; which is obtained using a 60 second running average. For an interval to be considered as a flare candidate, the count rate must be greater than 3*sigma above the background level. Variations in the count rate due to changes in attenuator state or decimation state are taken into account by use of the "corrected" count rate method, which empirically determines the corrections.
The flare list is created during quicklook processing. The full list includes some events which are not necessarily of solar origin.
The complete description can be found at https://hesperia.gsfc.nasa.gov/rhessi3/docs/qlook/hsi_flare_list.html.
spase://SMWG/Person/A.Kimberley.Tolbert
DataProducer
spase://SMWG/Person/Olga.Y.Uritskaya
MetadataContact
spase://SMWG/Person/Gordon.D.Holman
GeneralContact
https://hesperia.gsfc.nasa.gov/rhessi3/docs/qlook/hsi_flare_list.html
spase://VSPO/NumericalData/P_RHESSI_HDR_EVENTLIST
spase://VSPO/NumericalData/RHESSI/HESSI/EVENTLIST
spase://NASA/NumericalData/RHESSI/HESSI/EVENTLIST
spase://SMWG/Repository/SDAC
https://spdx.org/licenses/
SPDX
CC0-1.0
https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html
Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
CC0 1.0 Universal is the Creative Commons license applicable to all publicly available NASA Heliophysics data products
https://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/rhessi/hessidata/dbase/hessi_flare_list.txt
Text
spase://SMWG/Instrument/RHESSI/HESSI
SolarFlare
2002-02-12T02:15:24
2018-03-30T05:10:12
Flare
Housekeeping
Start time
Temporal
Peak
Temporal
End
Temporal
Dur
s
Temporal
Peak
Peak Rate: peak counts/second in energy range 6-12 keV, averaged over active collimators, including background.
c/s
Other
Total Counts
Total Counts: counts in energy range 6-12 keV integrated over duration of flare summed over all subcollimators, including background.
Other
Energy
Energy: the highest energy band in which the flare was observed.
keV
Other
X Pos
asec
Positional
Y Pos
asec
Positional
Radial
Radial Distance: distance from Sun center.
asec
Positional
AR
Other
Flags
Quality Codes: Qn, where n is the total number of data gap, SAA, particle, eclipse or decimation flags set for event. n ranges from 0 to 11. Use care when analyzing the data when the quality is not zero.
Flare Flag Codes:
a0 - In attenuator state 0 (None) sometime during flare
a1 - In attenuator state 1 (Thin) sometime during flare
a2 - In attenuator state 2 (Thick) sometime during flare
a3 - In attenuator state 3 (Both) sometime during flare
An - Attenuator state (0=None, 1=Thin, 2=Thick, 3=Both) at peak of flare
DF - Front segment counts were decimated sometime during flare
DR - Rear segment counts were decimated sometime during flare
ED - Spacecraft eclipse (night) sometime during flare
EE - Flare ended in spacecraft eclipse (night)
ES - Flare started in spacecraft eclipse (night)
FE - Flare ongoing at end of file
FR - In Fast Rate Mode
FS - Flare ongoing at start of file
GD - Data gap during flare
GE - Flare ended in data gap
GS - Flare started in data gap
MR - Spacecraft in high-latitude zone during flare
NS - Non-solar event
PE - Particle event: Particles are present
PS - Possible Solar Flare; in front detectors, but no position
Pn - Position Quality: P0 = Position is NOT valid, P1 = Position is valid
Qn - Data Quality: Q0 = Highest Quality, Q11 = Lowest Quality
SD - Spacecraft was in SAA sometime during flare
SE - Flare ended when spacecraft was in SAA
SS - Flare started when spacecraft was in SAA
Events which have no position and show up mostly in the front detectors, but were not able to be imaged are flagged as "PS".
Events which do not have valid position are only confirmed to be non-solar if the NS flag is set.
DataQuality