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Solar Indices - Solar Corona
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        organisationName:  DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
        positionName:  Solar Data Manager
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                voice:  303 497-6323
                facsimile:  303 497-6513
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                deliveryPoint:  325 Broadway
                city:  Boulder
                administrativeArea:  Colorado
                postalCode:  80305-3337
                country:  U.S.A.
                electronicMailAddress:  solar.ngdc@noaa.gov
            hoursOfService:  9:00 - 5:00 Mountain
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    dateStamp:  2015-10-02
    metadataStandardName:  ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
    metadataStandardVersion:  ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
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    identificationInfo:  (MD_DataIdentification)
        citation:  (CI_Citation)
            title:  Solar Indices - Solar Corona
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                date:  2014-08-10
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                organisationName:  Scientific Data Stewardship provided by the National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce.
                role:  (CI_RoleCode) originator
            presentationForm:
        abstract:  Collection includes a variety of indices related to solar activity contributed by a number of national and private solar observatories located worldwide. This metadata record is currently under construction.[SolarIndices A]
        purpose:  To provide scientific data stewardship of solar-terrestrial datasets in compliance with NOAA Administrative Order (NAO) 212-12, "Management of Environmental and Geospatial Data and Information", dated 04 Nov 10. Scientific Data Stewardship includes the Archive, Access, and Assessment (AAA) of operational and related solar and space environmental datasets.
        credit:  Data access provided by the NOAA Solar and Terrestrial Physics Division. Numerous solar observatories have contributed to this collection - please refer to the Lineage section of this metadata record.
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                    city:  Boulder
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                    country:  U.S.A.
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            keyword:  Sun-Earth Interactions > Solar Activity > Solar Active Regions
            keyword:  Sun-Earth Interactions > Solar Activity > Solar Imagery
            keyword:  Sun-Earth Interactions > Solar Activity > Sunspots
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                title:  NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords; Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Meaux, C.Solomon, R. Bilodeau, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, 2007 . NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 6.0.0.0.0.
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                    date:  2007
                    dateType:  (CI_DateTypeCode) publication
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            keyword:  Space > Solar Region > Photosphere
            keyword:  Space > Solar Region > Chromosphere
            keyword:  Space > Solar Region > Corona
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                title:  NASA/GCMD Location Keywords; Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Meaux, C.Solomon, R. Bilodeau, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, 2007 . NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 6.0.0.0.0.
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                    date:  2007
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            keyword:  Solar Telescope
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                title:  NASA/GCMD Instrument Keywords; Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Meaux, C.Solomon, R. Bilodeau, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, 2007 . NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 6.0.0.0.0.
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                    date:  2007
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            keyword:  Solar Observatory Stations
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                title:  NASA/GCMD Platform Keywords; Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Meaux, C.Solomon, R. Bilodeau, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, 2007 . NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 6.0.0.0.0.
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                title:  Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords
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                    date:  2020-01-09
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                            name:  Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords
                            description:  The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords.
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            keyword:  DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
            keyword:  DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC > National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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                title:  Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
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                            description:  The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords.
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            otherConstraints:  Access Constraints: None Use Constraints: None Distribution Liability: While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
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            description:  Collection includes a variety of indices related to solar activity contributed by a number of national and private solar observatories located worldwide. [SolarIndices B]
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        supplementalInformation:  Collection includes a variety of indices related to solar activity contributed by a number of national and private solar observatories located worldwide. [SolarIndices C]
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            descriptor:  Collection includes a variety of indices related to solar activity contributed by a number of national and private solar observatories located worldwide. [SolarIndices D]
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                organisationName:  DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
                positionName:  Solar Data Manager
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                        voice:  303 497-6323
                        facsimile:  303 497-6513
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                        deliveryPoint:  325 Broadway
                        city:  Boulder
                        administrativeArea:  Colorado
                        postalCode:  80305-3337
                        country:  U.S.A.
                        electronicMailAddress:  solar.ngdc@noaa.gov
                    hoursOfService:  9:00 - 5:00 Mountain
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                fees:  Data can be downloaded free of charge.
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                linkage: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?t=102827&s=1&d=8,4,9
                name:  Solar Indices
                description:  Numerous space environmental datasets are available at the NGDC/STP website
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                other:  NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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                description:  NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.
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                  DateTime:  2015-04-22T00:00:00
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    dataQualityInfo:  (DQ_DataQuality)
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            evaluationMethodDescription:  Collection consists of daily solar indices provided by various solar observatories. The collection is as complete as possible with all available data online.
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            evaluationMethodDescription:  Original film and paper records were processed by professional staff at their respective institutions.
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            evaluationMethodDescription:  Solar indices were obtained and/or prepared by trained staff at the various institutions.
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                description:  Some original datasets were prepared through the NOAA Climate Data Modernization Program (CDMP).
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                  DateTime:  2013-08-25T00:00:00
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                    description:  The NOAA Solar and Terrestrial Physics Division is responsible for managing this collection.
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                        title:  Collection included as a part of the NGDC Official Archive.
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                description:  Predicted Sunspot Numbers (2009-2020) -
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                    date: (withheld)
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                        organisationName:  Solar and Terrestrial Physics Division, National Geophysical Data Center
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                                linkage: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/spaceweather.html
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                                description:  The STP Division is responsible for the archive and access of solar and space environmental data and derived products collected by NOAA observing systems and acquired through the World Data Center for Solar and Terrestrial Physics (Boulder). Archives include extensive collections of data from solar observatories, ground ionospheric sounders, and satellites plus modeled space climatologies. The World Data Centers are being incorporated into the new ICSU World Data System (WDS).
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                            endPosition:  2020
            source:  (LI_Source)
                description:  Solar Cycle Parameters (1620-Present) -
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                    title:  Data provided by the NOAA Solar and Terrestrial Physics Division, National Geophysical Data Center
                    date: (withheld)
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                        organisationName:  Solar and Terrestrial Physics Division, National Geophysical Data Center
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                                administrativeArea:  Colorado
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                                linkage: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/spaceweather.html
                                name:  Solar and Terrestrial Physics Division, NGDC, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Deparment of Commerce
                                description:  The STP Division is responsible for the archive and access of solar and space environmental data and derived products collected by NOAA observing systems and acquired through the World Data Center for Solar and Terrestrial Physics (Boulder). Archives include extensive collections of data from solar observatories, ground ionospheric sounders, and satellites plus modeled space climatologies. The World Data Centers are being incorporated into the new ICSU World Data System (WDS).
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                            endPosition:  2013
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                description:  Swiss-Wolf Sunspot Numbers (2011-Present) -
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                    title:  Data provided by the Rudolf Wolf Society (RWG)
                    date: (withheld)
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                                country:  Unknown
                            onlineResource:  (CI_OnlineResource)
                                linkage: http://www.rwg.ch/
                                name:  Rudolf Wolf Society
                                description:  Founded in Zurich in 1992 Rudolf Wolf Society (RWG) seeks the continuation of Rudolf Wolf in the 19th Century reasoned series of sunspot numbers and the maintenance and utilization of scientific Wolf's estate.
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                          TimePeriod:
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                            endPosition:  2013
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            dataset:  Update collection for the Space Weather Prediction Center daily full sun drawings as data becomes available, including missing records (all observatories).
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        maintenanceNote:  This record was automatically modified on 2015-10-02 to include references to NCEI where applicable.
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            organisationName:  DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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                    city:  Boulder
                    administrativeArea:  Colorado
                    postalCode:  80305-3337
                    country:  U.S.A.
                    electronicMailAddress:  solar.ngdc@noaa.gov
                hoursOfService:  9:00 - 5:00 Mountain
            role:  (CI_RoleCode) pointOfContact
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