Solar Ultraviolet Imager Calibration Data for Space Weather Monitoring

The Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) on the NOAA GOES-R series satellites monitors the Sun in the extreme ultraviolet wavelength range. It observes active regions, solar flares, and filament eruptions to provide early warnings for space weather events. The dataset contains calibration data for this instrument, produced by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Use Cases

• Calibrating SUVI extreme ultraviolet imagery for accurate intensity measurements of solar flares.
• Validating solar eruption detection algorithms using time-series observations of active regions.
• Training models to predict coronal mass ejection trajectories from filament eruption sequences.
• Analyzing instrument performance trends over time for long-term space weather monitoring.

Strengths

• Data originates from the operational SUVI instrument on the NOAA GOES-R series of geostationary satellites.
• Focuses on the critical extreme ultraviolet wavelength range for observing solar atmospheric dynamics.

Limitations

• Specific data volume, temporal coverage, and update frequency are not provided.
• The description does not specify the availability of ancillary metadata or calibration uncertainty estimates.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) via NASA Earthdata.

Collection Method

Collected by the Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) telescope on the GOES-R series satellites.

Geography

Observations of the full solar disk from geostationary orbit.