Parker Solar Probe WISPR: Time-Lapse Solar Imagery MVI Files

NASA's Parker Solar Probe WISPR instrument provides data cube files in IDL/SolarSoft MVI formats. A single file contains all information for a time-lapsed movie, including a file header, image headers, and byte-scaled image arrays. The dataset was last updated on March 13, 2026.

Use Cases

• Create time-lapse movies of solar activity based on the MVI file format.
• Analyze solar image intensity and structure based on the byte-scaled image arrays.
• Study the Sun's corona and solar wind using calibrated image sequences.

Strengths

• Files contain all necessary information for time-lapse movies in a single, structured format.
• All images within a file share the same dimensions, ensuring consistency for analysis.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Data collected by the WISPR instrument on the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 07:55:53.207353; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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