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SDO/AIA Carrington Maps

Thernisien, Arnaud; Hutting, Lynn; Ugarte-Urra, Ignacio; Rich, Nathan, B.; Thompson, William, T.; Howard, Russell, A.; Wood, Brian (2014). SDO/AIA Carrington Maps [Data set]. Goddard Space Flight Center. https://doi.org/10.48322/v66w-8e77 .

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spase://NASA/NumericalData/SDO/AIA/SSC/CarringtonMaps

Description

Synoptic (or Carrington) Map PNG images created from EUV images observed by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Maps are available for each Carrington Rotation since the beginning of the SDO mission. Meridian maps for AIA illustrate the corresponding structures and long-term changes in the lower atmosphere.

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spase://NASA/NumericalData/SDO/AIA/SSC/CarringtonMaps
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NASA
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NumericalData
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ResourceName
SDO/AIA Carrington Maps
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48322/v66w-8e77
ReleaseDate
2026-07-21 12:07:08Z
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Description

Synoptic (or Carrington) Map PNG images created from EUV images observed by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Maps are available for each Carrington Rotation since the beginning of the SDO mission. Meridian maps for AIA illustrate the corresponding structures and long-term changes in the lower atmosphere.

Acknowledgement
Please note that all of the SECCHI and the AIA data is free for public use, but if you use them in presentations, published work, websites, etc, please give the appropriate image credits.
PublicationInfo
Authors
Thernisien, Arnaud; Hutting, Lynn; Ugarte-Urra, Ignacio; Rich, Nathan, B.; Thompson, William, T.; Howard, Russell, A.; Wood, Brian
PublicationDate
2014-10-09 00:00:00Z
PublishedBy
Goddard Space Flight Center
Contacts
Role Person StartDate StopDate Note
1. DataProducer spase://SMWG/Person/Arnaud.Thernisien
2. DataProducer spase://SMWG/Person/Lynn.Hutting
3. DataProducer spase://SMWG/Person/Ignacio.Ugarte-Urra
4. DataProducer spase://SMWG/Person/Nathan.B.Rich
5. HostContact spase://SMWG/Person/William.T.Thompson
6. Scientist spase://SMWG/Person/Russell.A.Howard
7. Scientist spase://SMWG/Person/Brian.Wood
8. MetadataContact spase://SMWG/Person/Seiji.Yashiro
InformationURL
Name
The AIA Instrument paper by Lemen et al. 2012
URL
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11207-011-9776-8
InformationURL
Name
The AIA website
URL
https://aia.lmsal.com/
Description

The AIA website at LMSAL

InformationURL
Name
HelioData
URL
https://helio.data.nasa.gov/dataset/SDO_AIA_SSC_CarringtonMaps
Description

The HelioData dataset page provides an overview of the dataset with access links, associated variables, and more.

PriorIDs
spase://NASA/NumericalData/STEREO-A/SECCHI/CarringtonMaps
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/STEREO_SC
RightsList
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https://spdx.org/licenses/
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SPDX
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CC0-1.0
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https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html
RightsName
Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
Note
CC0 1.0 Universal is the Creative Commons license applicable to all publicly available NASA Heliophysics data products
AccessURL
Name
Stereo Science Center
URL
https://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/data/ins_data/secchi/carrmaps/aia/cm/fits/
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FITS
Encoding
GZIP
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Calibrated
ProviderProcessingLevel
Level 2
InstrumentIDs
spase://SMWG/Instrument/SDO/AIA
MeasurementType
ImageIntensity
TemporalDescription
TimeSpan
StartDate
2010-05-19 00:00:00Z
RelativeStopDate
-P2M
SpectralRange
ExtremeUltraviolet
ObservedRegion
Sun.Corona
ObservedRegion
Sun.Chromosphere
SpatialCoverage
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Spherical
CoordinateSystemName
Carrington