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

  • James R. Lemen1,
  • Alan M. Title1,
  • David J. Akin1,
  • Paul F. Boerner1,
  • Catherine Chou1,
  • Jerry F. Drake1,
  • Dexter W. Duncan1,
  • Christopher G. Edwards1,
  • Frank M. Friedlaender1,
  • Gary F. Heyman1,
  • Neal E. Hurlburt1,
  • Noah L. Katz1,
  • Gary D. Kushner1,
  • Michael Levay1,
  • Russell W. Lindgren1,
  • Dnyanesh P. Mathur1,
  • Edward L. McFeaters1,
  • Sarah Mitchell1,
  • Roger A. Rehse1,
  • Carolus J. Schrijver1,
  • Larry A. Springer1 nAff2,
  • Robert A. Stern1,
  • Theodore D. Tarbell1,
  • Jean-Pierre Wuelser1,
  • C. Jacob Wolfson1,
  • Carl Yanari1,
  • Jay A. Bookbinder3,
  • Peter N. Cheimets3,
  • David Caldwell3,
  • Edward E. Deluca3,
  • Richard Gates3,
  • Leon Golub3,
  • Sang Park3,
  • William A. Podgorski3,
  • Rock I. Bush4,
  • Philip H. Scherrer4,
  • Mark A. Gummin5,
  • Peter Smith6,
  • Gary Auker7,
  • Paul Jerram7,
  • Peter Pool7,
  • Regina Soufli8,
  • David L. Windt9,
  • Sarah Beardsley10,
  • Matthew Clapp10,
  • James Lang10 &
  • …
  • Nicholas Waltham10 

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Abstract

The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) provides multiple simultaneous high-resolution full-disk images of the corona and transition region up to 0.5 R ⊙ above the solar limb with 1.5-arcsec spatial resolution and 12-second temporal resolution. The AIA consists of four telescopes that employ normal-incidence, multilayer-coated optics to provide narrow-band imaging of seven extreme ultraviolet (EUV) band passes centered on specific lines: Fe xviii (94 Å), Fe viii, xxi (131 Å), Fe ix (171 Å), Fe xii, xxiv (193 Å), Fe xiv (211 Å), He ii (304 Å), and Fe xvi (335 Å). One telescope observes C iv (near 1600 Å) and the nearby continuum (1700 Å) and has a filter that observes in the visible to enable coalignment with images from other telescopes. The temperature diagnostics of the EUV emissions cover the range from 6×104 K to 2×107 K. The AIA was launched as a part of NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) mission on 11 February 2010. AIA will advance our understanding of the mechanisms of solar variability and of how the Sun’s energy is stored and released into the heliosphere and geospace.

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    James R. Lemen, Alan M. Title, David J. Akin, Paul F. Boerner, Catherine Chou, Jerry F. Drake, Dexter W. Duncan, Christopher G. Edwards, Frank M. Friedlaender, Gary F. Heyman, Neal E. Hurlburt, Noah L. Katz, Gary D. Kushner, Michael Levay, Russell W. Lindgren, Dnyanesh P. Mathur, Edward L. McFeaters, Sarah Mitchell, Roger A. Rehse, Carolus J. Schrijver, Larry A. Springer, Robert A. Stern, Theodore D. Tarbell, Jean-Pierre Wuelser, C. Jacob Wolfson & Carl Yanari

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Lemen, J.R., Title, A.M., Akin, D.J. et al. The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Sol Phys 275, 17–40 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-011-9776-8

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  • Received: 06 December 2010

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  • Solar instrumentation
  • Solar imaging
  • Extreme ultraviolet
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