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Near Real-Time Solar Activity
Current solar and geomagnetic conditions: → NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center – Current Conditions
SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory) – HMI Continuum
NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory – HMI Continuum | → SDO Data
Other image sizes: 4096 | 2048 | 1024 – Movie: 48 hr MPEG (color)
HMI Magnetogram: 4096 | 2048 | 1024 | 4096 PFSS | 2048 PFSS | 1024 PFSS | 48 hr MPEG movie
AIA 193Å: 4096 | 2048 | 1024 | 4096 PFSS | 2048 PFSS | 1024 PFSS | 48 hr MPEG movie
Other SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory) imagery
Recent still images from the AIA (Atmospheric Imaging Assembly) and HMI (Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager).
Latest full field movies in one browser window (for high bandwidth connections):
Click to open SDO data browser – wide monitor at high resolution suggested | → SDO Data
STEREO (Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory) – STEREO-A
NASA STEREO-A – EUVI 195Å Beacon Image | → STEREO Beacon Images
STAR Coronal Hole and Active Region Map – Solen.info – Jan Alvestad
Solen.info – Jan Alvestad | → Solen.info Solar Activity
Solar Wind
Satellite Environment Plot:
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center | → NOAA SWPC Satellite Environment
Geomagnetic Activity – GFZ – Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – Kp Index
ACE RTSW (Estimated) Magnetic Field & Solar Wind:
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center – ACE Real-Time Solar Wind | → NOAA SWPC ACE Solar Wind
X-Ray Flux
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center – GOES X-Ray Flux | → NOAA SWPC GOES X-Ray Flux
EVE Soft X-Ray (SAM pinhole camera):
NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory – EVE SAM pinhole camera | → SDO Latest Images
Aurora
The OVATION Prime Real-Time (OPRT) tool is a real-time forecast and nowcast model of auroral power. The model output represents hemispheric power in Geomagnetic coordinates, oriented with local noon at the top. The top half of each polar plot represents magnetic longitudes in daylight; the bottom half represents longitudes in darkness.
Northern Hemisphere Aurora Forecast:
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center – Aurora 30-Minute Forecast | → NOAA SWPC Aurora Forecast
Southern Hemisphere Aurora Forecast:
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center – Aurora 30-Minute Forecast | → NOAA SWPC Aurora Forecast
Total Solar Irradiance (TSI)
34 years – Instrument offsets are unresolved calibration differences, much of which are due to internal instrument scatter (see Kopp & Lean 2011).
Total Solar Irradiance (TSI) – F10.7 – MF – SSN – Solar Activity Plot:
Leif Svalgaard – click the pic to view at source | → leif.org
Apparent Atmospheric Transmission of Solar Radiation at Mauna Loa, Hawaii:
NOAA – Global Monitoring Laboratory (GML) – click the pic to view at source | → NOAA GML Mauna Loa Solar Transmission
Recent Solar Activity Plots (updated daily):
Leif Svalgaard – click the pic to view at source | → leif.org
Leif Svalgaard – Active Region Count (updated weekly):
Leif Svalgaard – click the pic to view at source | → leif.org
Sunspot Number Prediction – Solar Cycle:
The Solar Physics Group at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center | → NASA Solar Cycle Prediction
Daily Sunspot Area – “Butterfly” Diagram
The Solar Physics Group at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center | → NASA Sunspot Cycle
NICT (Japan) Space Weather Center – current solar and space weather data:
→ https://swc.nict.go.jp/en/
Magnetic Field
Solar Polar Fields – Mt. Wilson and Wilcox Combined – 1966 to Present:
Leif Svalgaard – click the pic to view at source | → leif.org
Solar Polar Field – Wilcox Solar Observatory (WSO) – 1976 to Present:
Wilcox Solar Observatory (WSO), Stanford University – click the pic to view at source | → Wilcox Solar Observatory
To view the Northern Solar Polar Field only – Click Here
To view the Southern Solar Polar Field only – Click Here
Solar Polar Fields – Wilcox Solar Observatory (WSO) – 2003 to Present:
Leif Svalgaard – click the pic to view at source | → leif.org
Livingston & Penn Umbral Intensity and Magnetic Field:
Leif Svalgaard – click the pic to view at source | → leif.org
Cosmic Rays
Oulu Neutron Monitor:
University of Oulu – Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory – click the pic to view at source | → Oulu Cosmic Ray Station
Source Guide
Geophysical Institute – University of Alaska Fairbanks
Home Page – https://www.gi.alaska.edu/
Aurora Forecast – https://www.gi.alaska.edu/monitors/aurora-forecast
GFZ – Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – Kp Index
Home Page – https://www.gfz-potsdam.de/kp-index/
leif.org – Leif Svalgaard
Home Page – https://www.leif.org/research/
NICT – Space Weather Center of Japan
Home Page – https://swc.nict.go.jp/en/
Space Weather Forecast – https://swc.nict.go.jp/en/forecast.html
NOAA – Physical Sciences Laboratory (PSL) (formerly ESRL)
Home Page – https://psl.noaa.gov/
Maps Page – https://psl.noaa.gov/map/
NOAA – Global Monitoring Laboratory (GML) (formerly ESRL/GMD)
Home Page – https://gml.noaa.gov/
Mauna Loa Solar Transmission – https://gml.noaa.gov/grad/mloapt.html
NOAA – National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (formerly NGDC)
Home Page – https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/
Geomagnetism – https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/geomagnetic-data
Geomagnetic Poles – https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/wandering-geomagnetic-poles
Space Weather – https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/space-weather
NOAA – Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC)
Home Page – https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
Auroral Activity – https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-30-minute-forecast
GOES X-Ray Flux – https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/goes-x-ray-flux
ACE Real-Time Solar Wind – https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/ace-real-time-solar-wind
Satellite Environment Plot – https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/satellite-environment-plot
University of Delaware – Bartol Research Institute – Neutron Monitor Program
Home Page – https://neutronm.bartol.udel.edu/
University of Oulu – Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory
Cosmic Ray Station – https://cosmicrays.oulu.fi/
Solen.info – Jan Alvestad
Home Page – https://www.solen.info/solar/
Archive of Solar Activity Reports – https://www.solen.info/solar/old_reports/
TSIS-1 – Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor (successor to SORCE, aboard the ISS since December 2017)
Home Page – https://lasp.colorado.edu/tsis/
TSI Data – https://lasp.colorado.edu/tsis/data/
Wilcox Solar Observatory (WSO) – Stanford University
Home Page – https://wso.stanford.edu/
NASA – Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
Home Page – https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Latest Images – https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/aiahmi/
NASA – STEREO (Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory)
Home Page – https://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/
Beacon Images – https://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/beacon/
NASA – Marshall Solar Physics Group
Solar Cycle Prediction – https://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/predict.shtml
Sunspot Cycle – https://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/SunspotCycle.shtml