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On the Connection between Propagating Solar Coronal Disturbances and Chromospheric Footpoints

SDO/AIA 171Å sub-fields
Wednesday, September 14, 2016

The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) provides an unparalleled opportunity to explore the (thermal) interface between the chromosphere, transition region, and the coronal plasma observed by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).

Jiahao Zhong, a passion for mathematics & programming

Jiahao Zhong

Jiahao Zhong is a graduate student visitor at HAO since March 2015. He works with Wenbin Wang and Alan Burns. He is currently a Ph.D. student at University of Science and Technology of China working with Jiuhou Lei.

Bruce Lites

Submitted by whawkins on July 27, 2016 - 3:20pm

Bruce Lites, Senior Scientist Emeritus of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is a solar physicist and longtime scientist at NCAR’s High Altitude Observatory (HAO). He is is a specialist in analysis of spectroscopic measurements for interpretation of solar phenomena.

A handy, scalable web display of recent solar movies and helpful information

Submitted by kolinski on July 27, 2016 - 2:37pm

The Sun Today is a single-page website dedicated to displaying the most recent movies from MLSO and other solar instruments. It is designed to display best on an HD display, but will scale properly for mobile devices. Set it as your home page and learn more about...The Sun Today!

Visit "The Sun Today"

Ben Berkey

Submitted by whawkins on July 25, 2016 - 2:55pm

Ben Berkey is an Associate Scientist at the High Altitude Observatory's Mauna Loa Solar Observatory on the Big Island of Hawaii.

The Sun, the Moon, and us: American eclipse of 2017

Scott McIntosh

Director Scott McIntosh gave a NCAR Explorer Series Lecture detailing the anticipated great American eclipse of 2017. This lecture was recorded live and is now available to watch!

Anna Malanushenko

Submitted by whawkins on July 12, 2016 - 3:27pm

Anna Malanushenko is a Project Scientist I in the High Altitude Observatory and the Advanced Study Program for the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Her primary research interests are in Solar Transients and Space Weather.

Meet Michael Peterson

Michael Peterson

Michael is a current post-doc with HAO since 2014 in a joint appointment with RAL.

Qian Wu

Submitted by whawkins on April 15, 2016 - 9:34am

Dr. Qian Wu is a Project Scientist IV at the High Altitude Observatory at NCAR. He specializes in observations of mesospheric and thermospheric winds from balloon-borne, space-borne, and ground based Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) to study gravity waves and tides.

MLSO Facility gets a new dome!

MLSO dome replacement

After 50 years of operation, the Mauna Loa Solar Observatory received a major facelift this week. A new dome has been installed at the site. The old dome was removed Tuesday morning, January 5th, and the new dome was installed before the end of the same day.

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