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Geomagnetic detection of the sectorial solar magnetic field and the historical peculiarity of minimum 23–24

Stackplot of solar-terrestrial data image
Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Recent work on historical recurrent geomagnetic activity and the peculiarity of the recent solar-cycle minimum, was chosen by the editors of AGU journals for special highlight.

Improving Solar Dynamo Modeling

Kalman filtering image
Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Approximating a model’s “true” state by applying Kalman filtering to solar cycles, a technique first developed in the 1950s and 1960s to help Apollo 11 settle safely on the Moon.

Mauna Loa Solar Observatory

Submitted by kolinski on February 6, 2015 - 10:26am

The Mauna Loa Solar Observatory (MLSO) has been operating since the mid-1960s, providing a nearly-continuous record of solar data to the community. MLSO data includes white light corona, emission corona, H-alpha (disk and limb), He-I, and photometric.

Solar Maximum Mission (SMM)

The MLSO Website has a new Gallery Page!

Submitted by kolinski on October 27, 2014 - 9:16am

The Mauna Loa Solar Observatory website has a newly revamped Gallery Page to highlight interesting solar events caught by MLSO instrumentation. Each new entry will include a downloadable animated GIF file suitable for insertion into presentation slides!

Sunspots and Photospheric Dynamics

Submitted by whawkins on September 10, 2014 - 9:25am

Sunspots are the most prominent manifestations of magnetic field in the visible layers of the solar atmosphere. Their origin is a dynamo process operating in the solar convection zone.

The Community Spectro-polarimetric Analysis Center (CSAC)

Submitted by kolinski on September 9, 2014 - 1:52pm

CSAC provides a suite of community resource tools for analysis of the precision polarization data for remote sensing of magnetic fields in the outer solar atmosphere.

HiWind

Submitted by whawkins on September 8, 2014 - 1:16pm

HiWind was the first balloon borne Fabry-Perot interferometer designed to measure summer time polar cap thermospheric neutral winds. Thermospheric wind measurements are critically needed for space weather research. HiWind was launched June 14, 2011 from Kiruna, Sweden.

Fabry Perot Interferometer at Resolute Bay, Canada

Submitted by whawkins on September 8, 2014 - 11:33am

Resolute, Canada (75N) is the site chosen for the deployment of the National Science Foundation Advance Modular Incoherent Scatter Radar (AMISR). AMISR is a state of the art phase array radar, which allows fast electronic steering of the radar beam to track fast moving auroral features.

Fabry-Perot Interferometer at Palmer, Antarctica

Submitted by whawkins on September 8, 2014 - 11:26am

The Palmer station Fabry-Perot interferometer project is funded by the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs. The goal is to study the upper atmosphere and ionosphere over the Antarctica Peninsula. Palmer station is an year-around US Antarctica Research station located on the Anvers Island near the Antarctica Peninsula.

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