Individual solar flare detections from NASA's GOES X-ray sensors, updated daily. Flares are classified by peak flux into categories B, C, M, and X, with M and X-class events being of particular interest for space weather. The dataset covers events from 2017 onward and is credited to NASA/SDO.
Use Cases
- Predicting solar flare activity based on historical timing and classification data.
- Correlating flare class and peak flux with other space weather phenomena.
- Analyzing temporal trends in solar flare occurrence rates since 2017.
Strengths
- Data is updated daily, providing near-real-time observations.
- Includes specific flare classifications (B, C, M, X) with defined flux thresholds.
- Covers a multi-year period from 2017 to the present.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- NASA/SDO, GOES X-ray sensors
- Collection Method
- Individual detections from satellite sensors.
- Time Range
- 2017-present
- Freshness
- Updated daily; last metadata update was 2026-06-07.