Solar Flare Observations from Seven Space-Based Instruments, 2010-2017

A catalog of 12,455 solar flares observed between 1 May 2010 and 9 October 2017. It was compiled by Dr. Ryan Milligan through retrospective analysis of the known pointing of seven different space-based solar observatories. The dataset records the start time, end time, and which instrument(s) observed each flare.

Use Cases

• Analyzing instrument co-observation frequency based on flare timing and location data.
• Modeling observational coverage gaps for solar flare events based on instrument pointing.
• Optimizing future instrument observation strategies based on historical co-observation patterns.

Strengths

• Contains 12,455 solar flare events.
• Covers a time range of over seven years (May 2010 to October 2017).
• Integrates observations from seven different space-based instruments.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is known, but specific data types and file formats are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Compiled by Dr. Ryan Milligan based on publicly available data from space-based solar observatories.

Collection Method

Retrospective analysis of instrument pointing data matched to known flare locations and times.

Time Range

1 May 2010 to 9 October 2017