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4 | Emails between Joe H & Dan Wilkinson: |
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7 | > > > It does look as if the 'WAVELNTH' field doesn't quite match up |
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8 | > > > with the mapping that I had before between 'filters' and wavelengths |
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9 | > > > from the database: |
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11 | > > > filters => { |
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12 | > > > P_THN_A => { wavemin => 6, wavemax => 65, waveunit => 'Angstrom' }, # 01 |
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13 | > > > UV => { wavemin => 6, wavemax => 80, waveunit => 'Angstrom' }, # 02 |
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14 | > > > P_THN_B => { wavemin => 6, wavemax => 65, waveunit => 'Angstrom' }, # 03 |
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15 | > > > P_MED_B => { wavemin => 6, wavemax => 60, waveunit => 'Angstrom' }, # 04 |
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16 | > > > B_THN_B => { wavemin => 6, wavemax => 20, waveunit => 'Angstrom' }, # 05 |
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17 | > > > B_MED => { wavemin => 6, wavemax => 16, waveunit => 'Angstrom' }, # 06 |
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18 | > > > B_THK => { wavemin => 6, wavemax => 12, waveunit => 'Angstrom' }, # 07 |
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19 | > > > RDSH => { wavemin => 0, wavemax => 0, waveunit => 'Angstrom' }, # 08 |
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20 | > > > OPEN => { wavemin => 6, wavemax => 80, waveunit => 'Angstrom' }, # 09 |
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21 | > > > B_THN_A => { wavemin => 6, wavemax => 20, waveunit => 'Angstrom' }, # 10 |
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22 | > > > P_THK => { wavemin => 6, wavemax => 50, waveunit => 'Angstrom' }, # 11 |
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23 | > > > P_MED_A => { wavemin => 6, wavemax => 60, waveunit => 'Angstrom' }, # 12 |
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24 | > > > }, |
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26 | > > > It looks like some have equivalents (eg, 'P_THN_A' is now 'PTHNa'), but |
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27 | > > > I could use some help decoding the others. Here are my best guesses: |
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29 | > > > AL12 ? UV ? |
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30 | > > > BE12a ? B_THN_A ? |
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31 | > > > BE12b ? B_THN_B ? |
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32 | > > > BE25 ? B_MED ? |
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33 | > > > BE50 ? B_THK ? |
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34 | > > > GLASS ? OPEN ? |
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35 | > > > PTHK P_THK |
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36 | > > > PTHNa P_THN_B |
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37 | > > > SNBE50 ? RDSH ? |
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38 | > > > TINa ? P_MED_A ? |
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39 | > > > TINb ? P_MED_B ? |
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41 | > > > (and I don't see any T_THN_B, but I'd assume that would be 'PTHNb') |
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43 | > > > Also, if you had information on IMG_CODE, in case those had anything |
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44 | > > > that scientists might want to select or filter on, that would be |
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45 | > > > useful as well: |
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46 | > > > |
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47 | > > > AR |
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48 | > > > CS |
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49 | > > > FL |
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50 | > > > TS |
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51 | > > > |
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52 | > > > Thank you both for doing this, |
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55 | > > The GOES-12 SXI was built at Marshall SFC and is quite a different animal from the GOES-13 -14 and -15 SXI built by |
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56 | > > Lockheed Martin. |
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57 | > > I recommend reading the SXI section in the respective GOES Data Books: |
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58 | > > GOES-M SXI: http://sxi.ngdc.noaa.gov/images/section06.pdf |
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59 | > > GOES-NOP SXI: http://sxi.ngdc.noaa.gov/docs/GOES_N_Series_Databook_rev-D_ch6_SXI.pdf |
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62 | > Yay, documentation! |
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64 | > I see in "Table 6-5. Analysis Filter Summary" of the NOP document that |
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65 | > the names used there more obviously correspond to the values in your |
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66 | > text file, but they don't exactly match. |
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68 | > Do you care which one I use when I generate the human-readable label |
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69 | > for the images? |
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71 | > (eg, 'Thin Poly' vs. 'PTHNa' or 'P_THN_A') |
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74 | > > Both series use IMG_CODE which may be a kind of rosetta stone for comparing the intent of the disparate filters and |
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75 | > > exposure. |
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76 | > > AR = Active Region |
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77 | > > CS= Coronal Structure |
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78 | > > FL=Flare |
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79 | > > TS=Test |
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81 | > Is it safe to assume that the 'Test' images are for calibration, |
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82 | > and not generally useful for science? |
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84 | > If so, I can set it up so that they won't be returned by standard |
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85 | > VSO searches. I can either ignore them completely, or set it up |
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86 | > so that a flag from the IDL client will allow retrieval of them. |
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88 | Joe, |
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89 | Since you are one of those rare ones that actually read documentation, this page contains the sparse but useful words from |
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90 | SWPC on the SXI data. |
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91 | http://sxi.ngdc.noaa.gov/sxi_data_notes.html |
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93 | I think you would be safe to use PTHNa since I see that SWPC uses that in their filter combos table on the above page. |
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95 | Yes, test images are specifically flagged so that they will not be used for Noble Prize qualifying research. |
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97 | SWPC marked them with TST for GOES-12 and TS in later data, the Browse servlet will show what they look like if anyone is |
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98 | interested. |
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99 | http://sxi.ngdc.noaa.gov/sxi/servlet/sxibrowse |
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101 | Dan |
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