Repository details

Solar Dynamics Observatory

Name of repository
Solar Dynamics Observatory
Additional name(s)
  • SDO Data
Repository URL
https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Subject(s)
Description
The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) studies the solar atmosphere on small scales of space and time, in multiple wavelengths. This is a searchable database of all SDO data, including citizen scientist images, space weather and near real time data, and helioseismology data.
Contact(s)
  • administrative: William.D.Pesnell@nasa.gov
Content type(s)
Keyword(s)
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
  • other
Mission statement for designated community
https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/mission/
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • dataProvider

Institutions (4)

Institution
Atmospheric Imaging Assembly
Additional name(s)
  • AIA
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution
NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center
Additional name(s)
  • NASA - GSFC
Institution
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution
Stanford University, Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager
Additional name(s)
  • HMI
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution
University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (1)

Policy Name
Data Rights and Rules for Data Use

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (1)

Type of access to data
open

Data licenses (4)

DataLicense
Public Domain
DataLicense
Copyrights
DataLicense
other
DataLicense
Copyrights

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
closed
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • none
Data citation guideline
https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/rules.php
Enhanced Publication
yes

Application programming interfaces (4)

Type
REST
Url
https://api.helioviewer.org/docs/v2/
Type
SOAP
Url
https://virtualsolar.org/API/
Type
FTP
Url
https://www.lmsal.com/hek/api.html
Type
other
Url
https://www.lmsal.com/hek/api.html

Metadata standards (1)

Metadata standard
FITS (Flexible Image Transport System)

Alerting services (1)

Type of alerting service
RSS

Remarks

Remarks
Instrument sites at Stanford University http://hmi.stanford.edu/, AIA https://aia.lmsal.com/ / and University of Colorado Boulder https://lasp.colorado.edu/home/eve/
Entry date
2014-07-15
Last update
2025-03-11
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re3data.org: Solar Dynamics Observatory; editing status 2025-03-11; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R30G78 last accessed: 2025-04-23