Interactive Multi-Instrument Database for Studying Solar Flares
Solar flares are the most powerful events in the Heliosphere. High-energy radiation and particles generated during the flares affect the Earth’s space environment, technological and biological systems. The radiation from the solar flares cover the whole range of electromagnetic spectrum, from radio- to gamma-rays, opening a broad observational opportunities for the space missions and ground-based observatories.
We develop a multi-instrument database of solar flares. Our database integrates flare reports from various sources (e.g. GOES event list, RHESSI event list, SDO/HEK flares) and allows to group (match) the reports physically representing the same flare events based on their time and position on the solar disc. For the interaction with users, we have developed a web-based interface allowing the users to search events based on their physical characteristics (e.g. the flare duration, X-ray class temperature and emission measure etc.), browse them and identify the corresponding data products (GOES and SDO/EVE light curves, SDO images etc.).
The database provides an important tool for studying the physics of solar flares and developing physics-based flare forecasts.
Viacheslav Sadykov
Rishabh Gupta
Alexander Kosovichev
Gelu Nita
Vincent Oria
Denis Akhmetov