Sun ID: 3714

SDO/HMI Dopplergram Sunspot Close-Up - March 29, 2010

Visualizations by Tom Bridgman Released on April 21, 2010

The dopplergram from SDO/HMI data shows the velocity of solar material on the line-of-sight. White pixels are moving away from the camera and black pixels are moving towards the camera.

Visualization Credits

Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Animator
Scott Wiessinger (UMBC): Producer
William D. Pesnell (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Philip Scherrer (Stanford University): Scientist

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Short URL to share this page:
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3714

Mission:
SDO

Data Used:

SDO/HMI/Dopplergram also referred to as: SDO Dopplergram

view all stories where this data set is used

Note: While we identify the data sets used in these visualizations, we do not store any further details nor the data sets themselves on our site.

This item is part of this series:
SDO First Light

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Solar Oscillations
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Sunspots
SVS >> SDO
SVS >> Solar Dynamics Observatory
SVS >> For Educators
SVS >> Sunspot Cycle
NASA Science >> Sun

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0