Metadata Identifier: gov.noaa.ngdc.stp.solar:solar-indices_total-solar-irradiance

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MD_DataIdentification

Count Component Title Abstract
1 Solar Indices - Solar Irradiance 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]
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SV_Identification

none found
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CI_Citation

Count Component Title Date Citation Identifier
1 Collection included as a part of the NGDC Official Archive.
    2013-08-28
1 Data provided by the American Association of Variable Solar Observers (AAVSO)
    1 Data provided by the David Hoyt
      2 Data provided by the NOAA Solar and Terrestrial Physics Division, National Geophysical Data Center
        1 Data provided by the Rudolf Wolf Society (RWG)
          2 Data provided by the Solar Influences Data analysis Center (SIDC), Royal Observatory of Belgium
            1 GCMD Data Center Keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
              2020-01-09
            1 GCMD Project Keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords
              2020-01-09
            1 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.
              2007
            1 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.
              2007
            1 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.
              2007
            1 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.
              2007
            1 Solar Indices - Solar Irradiance
              2014-08-10
            solarIndices
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            CI_Series

            none found
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            CI_ResponsibleParty

            Count Component Individual Organization Position Email Role Linkage
            1 American Association of variable Solar Observers (AAVSO) resourceProvider http://www.aavso.org/
            4 Solar Data Manager (pointOfContact) DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Solar Data Manager solar.ngdc@noaa.gov pointOfContact
            1 DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC > National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce resourceProvider
            2 GCMD Landing Page NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Earth Science Data and Information System custodian https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
            1 NCEI (publisher) NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information publisher
            1 Anna Milan NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information Metadata Specialist editor
            1 Rudolf Wolf Society resourceProvider http://www.rwg.ch/
            1 Scientific Data Stewardship provided by the National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce. originator
            1 Solar Data Manager NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC E/GC2 325 Broadway processor
            2 Solar Influences Data analysis Center (SIDC) resourceProvider http://sidc.oma.be/
            2 Solar and Terrestrial Physics Division, National Geophysical Data Center resourceProvider https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/spaceweather.html
            1 Unknown resourceProvider https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/
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            CI_OnlineResource

            Count Component Linkage Name Description Function
            2 http://sidc.oma.be/ SIDC - Solar Influences Data analysis Center The mission of the Solar Influences Data analysis Center is to advance knowledge on the Sun and its influence on the solar system, through research and observations. We provide this knowledge and expertise to the scientific community, to the society, the government and the industry through operational services and dissemination at both the national and the international level.
            1 http://www.aavso.org/ American Association of variable Solar Observers (AAVSO) The AAVSO is an international non-profit organization of variable star observers whose mission is to enable anyone, anywhere, to participate in scientific discovery through variable star astronomy.
            1 http://www.rwg.ch/ Rudolf Wolf Society 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.
            2 https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords 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. information
            1 https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?t=102827&s=1&d=8,4,9 Solar Indices Numerous space environmental datasets are available at the NGDC/STP website
            1 https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/ Unknown Unknown
            2 https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/spaceweather.html Solar and Terrestrial Physics Division, NGDC, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Deparment of Commerce 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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            MD_Identifier or RS_Identifier

            Count Component Code
            2
            1 solarIndices
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            EX_Extent

            Bounding Box Temporal Extent
            Count Component Description West East North South Start End
            1 Collection includes a variety of indices related to solar activity contributed by a number of national and private solar observatories located worldwide. [SolarIndices B] -180 180 90 -90 1859-12-27 2009-12-30
            1 1610-01-01 2013-08-25
            1 1610 Present
            1 1944 Present
            1 1610 1995
            1 1992 Present
            1 2009 2020
            1 1610 2013
            1 2011 2013
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            EX_GeographicBoundingBox

            Count Component West East North South
            1 -180 180 90 -90
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            EX_TemporalExtent

            Count Component Start End
            1 1859-12-27 2009-12-30
            1 1610-01-01 2013-08-25
            1 1610 Present
            1 1944 Present
            1 1610 1995
            1 1992 Present
            1 2009 2020
            1 1610 2013
            1 2011 2013
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            MD_Format

            Count Component Name Version specification
            1 JPG Some data provided in Joint Photographic Experts Group (jpg) format.
            1 PDF Some data provided in Adobe Portable Document Format (pdf).
            1 TXT Some data provided in ASCII text format (txt).
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            MD_Medium

            Count Component Name mediumFormat mediumNote
            1
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            MD_Constraints

            Count Component Use Limitation
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            MD_ReferenceSystem

            none found
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            MD_GridSpatialRepresentation

            none found
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            MD_Georeferenceable or MI_Georeferenceable

            none found
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            MD_Georectified or MI_Georectified

            none found
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            MD_Dimension

            none found
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            MD_CoverageDescription or MI_CoverageDescription

            Count Component Attribute Description Content Type
            1
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            MD_Band or MI_Band

            Count Component Identifier Descriptor
            1 Daily solar indices
            1 Collection includes a variety of indices related to solar activity contributed by a number of national and private solar observatories located worldwide. [SolarIndices D]
            1
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            MI_RangeElementDescription

            none found
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            MD_AggregateInformation

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            LE_Source or LI_Source

            Count Component Title Date Description
            1 Collection included as a part of the NGDC Official Archive. 2013-08-28 The NOAA Solar and Terrestrial Physics Division is responsible for managing this collection.
            1 Data provided by the American Association of Variable Solar Observers (AAVSO) American Relative Sunspot Number (1944 - Present) -
            1 Data provided by the David Hoyt Group Sunspot Numbers (1610-1995) -
            1 Data provided by the NOAA Solar and Terrestrial Physics Division, National Geophysical Data Center Predicted Sunspot Numbers (2009-2020) -
            1 Data provided by the NOAA Solar and Terrestrial Physics Division, National Geophysical Data Center Solar Cycle Parameters (1620-Present) -
            1 Data provided by the Rudolf Wolf Society (RWG) Swiss-Wolf Sunspot Numbers (2011-Present) -
            1 Data provided by the Solar Influences Data analysis Center (SIDC), Royal Observatory of Belgium International Sunspot Numbers (1610-Present) -
            1 Data provided by the Solar Influences Data analysis Center (SIDC), Royal Observatory of Belgium Hemispheric Sunspot Numbers (1992-Present) -
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            LE_ProcessStep or LI_ProcessStep

            Count Component DateTime Description
            2 2013-08-25T00:00:00 Some original datasets were prepared through the NOAA Climate Data Modernization Program (CDMP).
            1 2015-04-22T00:00:00 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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            MI_Operation

            none found
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            MI_Platform

            Count Component Code Description
            1 Solar observatories
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            MI_Instrument

            Count Component Code Type Description
            2
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