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.
Movie of the time series and ultraviolet solar imagery.
The X17 solar flare on October 28, 2003
The X11 solar flare on October 29, 2003
The MONSTER: X28 solar flare on November 4, 2003
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animators
- Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Marte Newcombe (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Scientists
- Gary Rottman (University of Colorado/LASP)
- Tom Woods (University of Colorado)
Release date
This page was originally published on Friday, February 20, 2004.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:56 PM EDT.
Missions
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[SORCE: XPS]
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SOHO/EIT 195 (195 Filter) [SOHO: Extreme-UV Imaging Telescope (EIT)]
ID: 477This dataset can be found at: http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov
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