The Solar Dynamics Observatory

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Preface

   • R. R. Fisher

   Pages 1-2

3. The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)

   • W. Dean Pesnell, B. J. Thompson, P. C. Chamberlin

   Pages 3-15Open Access

4. The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)

   • James R. Lemen, Alan M. Title, David J. Akin, Paul F. Boerner, Catherine Chou, Jerry F. Drake et al.

   Pages 17-40

5. Initial Calibration of the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)

   • Paul Boerner, Christopher Edwards, James Lemen, Adam Rausch, Carolus Schrijver, Richard Shine et al.

   Pages 41-66Open Access

6. Heliophysics Event Knowledgebase for the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and Beyond

   • N. Hurlburt, M. Cheung, C. Schrijver, L. Chang, S. Freeland, S. Green et al.

   Pages 67-78Open Access

7. Computer Vision for the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)

   • P. C. H. Martens, G. D. R. Attrill, A. R. Davey, A. Engell, S. Farid, P. C. Grigis et al.

   Pages 79-113Open Access

8. Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE) on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO): Overview of Science Objectives, Instrument Design, Data Products, and Model Developments

   • T. N. Woods, F. G. Eparvier, R. Hock, A. R. Jones, D. Woodraska, D. Judge et al.

   Pages 115-143Open Access

9. Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE) Multiple EUV Grating Spectrographs (MEGS): Radiometric Calibrations and Results

   • R. A. Hock, P. C. Chamberlin, T. N. Woods, D. Crotser, F. G. Eparvier, D. L. Woodraska et al.

   Pages 145-178Open Access

10. EUV SpectroPhotometer (ESP) in Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE): Algorithms and Calibrations

    • L. Didkovsky, D. Judge, S. Wieman, T. Woods, A. Jones

    Pages 179-205Open Access

11. The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) Investigation for the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)

    • P. H. Scherrer, J. Schou, R. I. Bush, A. G. Kosovichev, R. S. Bogart, J. T. Hoeksema et al.

    Pages 207-227Open Access

12. Design and Ground Calibration of the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) Instrument on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)

    • J. Schou, P. H. Scherrer, R. I. Bush, R. Wachter, S. Couvidat, M. C. Rabello-Soares et al.

    Pages 229-259Open Access

13. Image Quality of the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) Onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)

    • R. Wachter, J. Schou, M. C. Rabello-Soares, J. W. Miles, T. L. Duvall Jr., R. I. Bush

    Pages 261-284Open Access

14. Wavelength Dependence of the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) Instrument onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)

    • Sébastien Couvidat, Jesper Schou, Richard A. Shine, Rock I. Bush, John W. Miles, Philip H. Scherrer et al.

    Pages 285-325Open Access

15. Polarization Calibration of the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)

    • J. Schou, J. M. Borrero, A. A. Norton, S. Tomczyk, D. Elmore, G. L. Card

    Pages 327-355Open Access

16. Implementation and Comparison of Acoustic Travel-Time Measurement Procedures for the Solar Dynamics Observatory/Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager Time – Distance Helioseismology Pipeline

    • S. Couvidat, J. Zhao, A. C. Birch, A. G. Kosovichev, T. L. Duvall Jr., K. Parchevsky et al.

    Pages 357-374Open Access

17. Time–Distance Helioseismology Data-Analysis Pipeline for Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager Onboard Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO/HMI) and Its Initial Results

    • J. Zhao, S. Couvidat, R. S. Bogart, K. V. Parchevsky, A. C. Birch, T. L. Duvall Jr. et al.

    Pages 375-390

18. The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Education and Outreach (E/PO) Program: Changing Perceptions One Program at a Time

    • E. Drobnes, A. Littleton, W. D. Pesnell, K. Beck, S. Buhr, R. Durscher et al.

    Pages 391-406Open Access

This volume is dedicated to the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which was launched 11 February 2010.  The articles focus on the spacecraft and its instruments: the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA), the Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE), and the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI). Articles within also describe calibration results and data processing pipelines that are critical to understanding the data and products, concluding with a description of the successful Education and Public Outreach activities. 

This book is geared towards anyone interested in using the unprecedented data from SDO, whether for fundamental heliophysics research, space weather modeling and forecasting, or educational purposes.

Previously published in Solar Physics journal, Vol. 275/1-2, 2012.

Selected articles in this book are published open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license at link.springer.com. For further details, please see the license information in the chapters.

• EUV Solar Images
• Helioseismology Space Observations
• SDO Atmospheric Imaging Assembly
• SDO Magnetic Imager
• SDO Space Weather
• Solar Dynamics Observatory
• Solar Extreme Ultraviolet
• Solar Space Missions
• Solar Spectral Irradiance

• NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USA

  Phillip Chamberlin, William Dean Pesnell, Barbara Thompson

W. Dean Pesnell is the Project Scientist and Phillip Chamberlin and Barbara Thompson are the two Deputy Project Scientists for the Solar Dynamics Observatory.  Dr. Pesnell and Dr. Thompson have been with SDO since the original idea was proposed more than ten years ago, and Dr. Chamberlin worked throughout the lifetime of the Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE) instrument before coming to Goddard prior to the launch of SDO.
Dr. Thompson received her B.A. in Physics and Mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania and her Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Pesnell received his B.S. in Physics from the University of Delaware and his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Florida. Dr. Chamberlin received his undergraduate degree in Physics from Hanover College and his master’s and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering Sciences from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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