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THE COALIGNMENT OF SOLAR IMAGES FROM VARIOUS OBSERVATIONAL INSTRUMENTSIS AN IMPORTANT STEP TO STUDY SOLAR FEATURES AND PHENOMENA WHEN USING DATA ACQUIRED FROM MULTIPLE TELESCOPES OR WAVELENGTHS.SOLAR RESEARCHERS FACE SEVERAL PROBLEMS IN THEIR COALIGNMENT STEP. FOR EXAMPLE:(1) WHILE EACH INSTRUMENT TEAM USUALLY PROVIDES VALUES FOR THE COALIGNMENT PARAMETERS (A) THE PROVIDED VALUES MAY NOT BE ACCURATE ENOUGH FOR SOME APPLICATIONS (B) ESTIMATES OF ERROR ARE RARELY AVAILABLE.(2) IT IS TIME CONSUMING AND DIFFICULT FOR MANY RESEARCHERS TO CORRECTTHE COALIGNMENT PARAMETERS AND THE EFFORT IS THEN DUPLICATED BY MANY RESEARCHERS INDEPENDENTLY.WE PROPOSE TO SOLVE THE COALIGNMENT PROBLEM ACCURATELY AND EFFICIENTLY FOR FIVE MAJOR SOLAR MISSIONS AND DISTRIBUTE THE RESULTS IN A TIMELY AND CONVENIENT MANNER TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.IN A RECENT PAPER YOSHIMURA AND MCKENZIE (SOLAR PHYSICS VOL.290 P.2355 2015) WE REPORTED THE RESULTS OF OUR SUCCESSFUL CALIBRATIONFOR THE COALIGNMENTS BETWEEN THE X-RAY TELESCOPE (XRT) ONBOARD HINODE AND TWO INSTRUMENTS ONBOARD SOLAR DYNAMIC OBSERVATORY (SDO) I.E. THE HELIOSEISMIC AND MAGNETIC IMAGER (HMI) AND THE ATMOSPHERIC IMAGING ASSEMBLY (AIA).THE PROJECT WE ARE PROPOSING IS AN EXTENDED CROSS CALIBRATION WHICH COVERS MULTIPLE SOLAR OBSERVATIONAL INSTRUMENTS:(1) THE INTERFACE REGION IMAGING SPECTROGRAPH (IRIS) (2) THE SOLAR OPTICAL TELESCOPE (SOT) ONBOARD HINODE (3) AIA/HMI AND(4) TRANSITION REGION AND CORONAL EXPLORER (TRACE)THE SAME METHODOLOGY USED IN THE PREVIOUS STUDY (YOSHIMURA AND MCKENZIE 2015) WILL BE APPLIED AFTER SOME IMPROVEMENTS AND OPTIMIZATION FOR THE NEW INSTRUMENTS.THE CROSS CALIBRATION OF ROLL ANGLE AND PLATE SCALE FOR EXAMPLE WILL BEDONE BY THE LOCAL CORRELATION TRACKING METHOD. THE USEFULNESS OF THE METHOD IS PROVED IN THE PREVIOUS STUDY.THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE ALL SOLAR PHYSICS RESEARCHERSWITH WELL CALIBRATED PARAMETERS FOR COALIGNMENT WITH ERROR ESTIMATES. BY USING THE CALIBRATED PARAMETERS PROVIDED VIA SOLAR SOFTWARE USERS CAN EASILY COALIGN THE DATA SETS FROM DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS WITH HIGHERACCURACY. THE EASY AND ACCURATE COALIGNMENT THAT WE PROVIDE WILL INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY AND ACTIVITY OF SOLAR RESEARCH USING DATA FROM MULTIPLEINSTRUMENTS.

$44,683FY2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA

Montana State University, Bozeman MT

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