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Full Sun Drawings Composites Observed from Fraunhofer Observatory
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        individualName:  Karen E. Horan
        organisationName:  DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC > National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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                city:  Boulder
                administrativeArea:  CO
                postalCode:  80305-3328
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                electronicMailAddress:  Karen.E.Horan@noaa.gov
            hoursOfService:  7:30 - 5:00 Mountain
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    dateStamp:  2016-12-27
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    metadataStandardVersion:  ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
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            title:  Full Sun Drawings Composites Observed from Fraunhofer Observatory
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                date:  1956-01-16
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        abstract:  Full sun drawings are a form of synoptic analysis drawings, also known as Neutral line (NL) drawings which provide a comprehensive daily view of the sun for relevant solar feature of interest. To a somewhat limited extent depending on the provider the discerned features include neutral lines, coronal hole boundaries, active regions, plage, filaments and prominences. Also included are specific details about the coronal hole polarity, active region numbers, flare probabilities for each region and the proton event probabilities for each region. Brief descriptions of interesting solar features interest include: Active Regions - Active regions of the sun are localized areas on the Sun with intense magnetic fields. The strongest magnetic fields provide energy for solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Coronal holes (X-Ray and He 10830) - Coronal holes are unipolar magnetic regions that are the source of high speed solar winds. Coronal holes appear dark when seen in UV or X-rays, because they have a very low density. Traditionally, coronal holes have been identified from He I 10830A observations which can be made from ground based observatories. Faculae - Solar faculae are bright spots that form in the canyons between solar granules, short-lived convection cells several thousand kilometers across that constantly form and dissipate over timescales of several minutes. Faculae are produced by concentrations of magnetic field lines. Strong concentrations of faculae appear in solar activity, with or without sunspots. The faculae and the sunspots contribute noticeably to variations in the "Solar constant". The chromospheric counterpart of a facular region is called a plage Filaments/Prominences (H-alpha) - Filaments (on disk) and prominences (at the limb) are meta-stable regions of high density suspended in the low density corona. These are considered meta-stable because they can erupt becoming a coronal mass ejection but sometimes they just fade away. When they erupt they then become a geomagnetic storm threat. These eruptions are usually slow and don¿t often drive very large storms. Neutral Lines (Magnetogram) - Any time the magnetism field on the Sun organizes itself into large structures of one magnetic polarity or the other, there must be a neutral line at the boundary of the magnetic polarity. In active regions, neutral lines are associated with flaring and in the quiet sun filaments/prominences will lie along the neutral lines. Plage - Most of an active region's area is usually occupied by plage and whereas sunspots appear dark, plage shows up as bright areas surrounding sunspots. It is due to plage that the sun is brighter at solar maximum than at solar minimum. Areas of plage have strong magnetic fields, but the field is not as highly organized as it is in sunspots.
        purpose:  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.
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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
            keyword:  Sun-Earth Interactions > Solar Activity > Corona
            keyword:  Sun-Earth Interactions > Solar Activity > Solar Synoptic Maps
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                    date:  2020-01-09
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            keyword:  Space > Solar Region > Composites
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            otherConstraints:  Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives.
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                    beginPosition:  1956-01-16
                    endPosition:  1973-12-31
        supplementalInformation:  The NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (formally NGDC) provides scientific data stewardship of solar-terrestrial datasets in compliance with NOAA Administrative Order (NAO 212-15), "Management of Environmental Data and Information", published 04 Nov 10. Scientific Data Stewardship includes the Archive, Access, and Assessment (AAA) of operational and related solar and space environmental datasets.
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                individualName:  William Denig
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                        city:  Boulder
                        administrativeArea:  CO
                        postalCode:  80305
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                linkage: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/space-weather/solar-data/solar-imagery/composites/full-sun-drawings/fraunhofer/
                name:  Composites_Full Sun Drawings_Fraunhofer Directory
                description:  All images and related documentation.
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            evaluationMethodDescription:  Collection consists of daily solar images (photographs) and drawings provided by various solar observatories. The collection is as complete as possible with all available data online.
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            measureDescription:  Observatory staff acquire data from one or more telescopes viewing the sun at various wavelengths to identify solar features of interest including the solar corona, plage regions, filaments and prominances.
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            evaluationMethodDescription:  Consistent data presentation formats are used for each separate dataset.
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        report:  (DQ_AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy)
            evaluationMethodDescription:  Drawings are properly rotated into a heliocentric coordination orientation. Top is north. Right is east.
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            evaluationMethodDescription:  Solar images and drawings were obtained and/or prepared by trained staff at the various institutions.
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            evaluationMethodDescription:  Daily solar images and drawings are annotated with the observation time and other relevant metadata.
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        maintenanceNote:  This metadata was automatically generated from a form in in the Chameleon Editor (https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/cedit) with solarimagery2iso.xsl on 2016-12-27.
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            type:  Solar Telescopes
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