SDO/HMI: Solar Dynamics Observatory Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager Data

Solar images and movies from the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager instrument on the Solar Dynamics Observatory. The archive includes dopplergrams, continuum filtergrams, and line-of-sight and vector magnetograms of the solar photosphere. The data is archived and provided by the Joint Science Operations Center at Stanford University.

Use Cases

• Analyze solar surface velocity patterns based on dopplergrams.
• Study photospheric magnetic field structure based on magnetograms.
• Monitor broad-wavelength solar photosphere activity based on continuum filtergrams.
• Create visualizations of solar phenomena based on the provided images and movies.

Strengths

• Data originates from the Solar Dynamics Observatory, a major NASA mission.
• Includes multiple specialized solar image types: dopplergrams, magnetograms, and filtergrams.
• Archived and provided by the Joint Science Operations Center at Stanford University.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2026-03-13 11:37:32.913122; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration