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TIMED SEE Level 3 Solar Irradiance Data

(2025). TIMED SEE Level 3 Solar Irradiance Data [Data set]. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.

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spase://NASA/NumericalData/TIMED/SEE/L3

Description

SEE Level 3 data files contain one daily averaged solar irradiance spectrum in 1 nm intervals extracted from the EGS Level 2 and XPS Level 2 data products. Shortward of 27 nm, a solar model is scaled to match the XPS broadband data. SEE Level 3 data files also contain 38 emission lines extracted from EGS Level 2 spectra, and the XPS Level 2 diode irradiances.

For normal operations, SEE observes the Sun for about 3 minutes every orbit (97 minutes), which usually gives 14-15 measurements per day. The SEE Level 3 data are time averaged over the entire day, after applying corrections for atmospheric absorption, degradation, flare removal, and to 1-AU.

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spase://NASA/NumericalData/TIMED/SEE/L3
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NASA
ResourceType
NumericalData
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
TIMED SEE Level 3 Solar Irradiance Data
ReleaseDate
2025-12-04 13:32:07Z
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ReleaseDate
2020-07-07 21:15:38Z
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2025-11-14 16:01:52Z
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2025-12-04 13:32:07Z
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Description

SEE Level 3 data files contain one daily averaged solar irradiance spectrum in 1 nm intervals extracted from the EGS Level 2 and XPS Level 2 data products. Shortward of 27 nm, a solar model is scaled to match the XPS broadband data. SEE Level 3 data files also contain 38 emission lines extracted from EGS Level 2 spectra, and the XPS Level 2 diode irradiances.

For normal operations, SEE observes the Sun for about 3 minutes every orbit (97 minutes), which usually gives 14-15 measurements per day. The SEE Level 3 data are time averaged over the entire day, after applying corrections for atmospheric absorption, degradation, flare removal, and to 1-AU.

Acknowledgement
NASA, Thomas N. Woods
PublicationInfo
Authors
Woods, Thomas N.
PublicationDate
2025-11-14 16:01:52Z
PublishedBy
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.PrincipalInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Thomas.N.Woods
InformationURL
PriorIDs
spase://VITMO/NumericalData/TIMED/SEE/L3
spase://VSPO/NumericalData/TIMED/SEE/L3
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
AccessURL
Name
SEE Data Products web page
URL
Description

This web page allows the request of data files for this product. To request data: for the L3 data type of interest, click the year of interest to go the the ftp directory of files and download the desired day-long file by clicking on it.

Format
NetCDF
Encoding
None
Acknowledgement
NASA, Thomas N. Woods
ProcessingLevel
Calibrated
ProviderResourceName
SEE Level 3 Solar Irradiance data
ProviderProcessingLevel
Level 3
ProviderVersion
10.02
InstrumentIDs
MeasurementType
Irradiance
TemporalDescription
TimeSpan
StartDate
2002-01-22 00:00:00.000
RelativeStopDate
P2D
ObservedRegion
Sun
Keywords
TIMED
SEE
Sun
Parameter #1
Name
solar irradiance spectrum
ParameterKey
SP.FLUX
Description

Merged Solar irradiance for XPS and EGS flux at 1nm bins with gaps filled using Woods-Rottman 2002 VUV model. Below 26 nm, flux is result of solution of linear equations involving XPS diodes and scaled to the VUV model. EGS data is used above 26 nm except 114.5-120.5 and 122.5-128.5 nm where the VUV model is scaled to the EGS Lyman-alpha line.

Units
W / m^2 / nm
Wave
WaveType
Electromagnetic
WaveQuantity
Wavelength
WavelengthRange
Low
0.5
High
194.5
Units
nm