Level 2A EGS

SEE Level 2A EGS Solar Irradiance Data

Download multiple days from the TIMED MDC

EGS Calendar Access: Useful for finding data for a specific day.

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EGS Level 2A Data Directory– download any data file

EGS Level 2A LISIRD – interactive data access and plotting


Detailed Level 2A EGS Description

README_EGS_L2A_012.TXT – information for using EGS_L2A data

The EUV Grating Spectrograph (EGS) aboard SEE performs measurements of the Sun for about 3 minutes every orbit (97 minutes) which usually gives 14-15 measurements per day. The Level 2A data is time averaged over each measurement, after being 1-AU corrected and removing flares. The 1-AU correction is provided.


Reading the Data with IDL

With read_netcdf.pro individual data files may be read using an IDL command such as:

read_netcdf,'see__egs_L2A_2002044_012_01.ncdf',d,att

The data will then reside in the returned structure “d”, with each tag in the structure defined in the attributes array “att”.


SEE Level 2A EGS Software

  • TIMED-SEE NetCDF README – Described IDL source code and gives examples using read_netcdf.pro and write_netcdf.pro
  • read_netcdf.pro – IDL procedure for reading NetCDF files as a structure
  • write_netcdf.pro – IDL procedure for writing a data structure (or array of structures) to a NetCDF file
  • plotegs_sp.pro – IDL procedure for plotting the spectrum from one EGS Level 2A data file.
  • plotegs_ts.pro – IDL procedure for plotting a time series of EGS Level 2A data.

SEE Level 2A EGS Solar Irradiance Data Format

Each data file contains a structure with 8 elements

L2A_EGS_DATA    STRUCT    = ->  Array[8]

The L2A_EGS_DATA structure has the following form:

** Structure <2e41c8>, 15 tags, length=50728, data length=50722, refs=1:
   DATE            LONG           2002039
   WAVE            FLOAT     Array[1690]
   FLUX_MEDIAN     FLOAT     Array[1690]
   DIFF_MA         FLOAT     Array[1690]
   ERR_TOT         FLOAT     Array[1690]
   ERR_MEAS        FLOAT     Array[1690]
   STDEV_MEAS      FLOAT     Array[1690]
   NUMPT           INT       Array[1690]
   COR_OS_MED      FLOAT     Array[1690]
   COR_1AU         FLOAT           1.02768
   SLIT            BYTE         1
   START_TIME      FLOAT           3292.00
   STOP_TIME       FLOAT           3452.00
   ODC_ID          BYTE        20
   FLARE           FLOAT           1.00223

NetCDF file attributes for day 2002039

GLOBAL:

    Title = SEE Level 2A EGS Observation Averaged Data Product - calibrated 0.1nm
      EGS data averaged over ~ 3 minutes

    Source = SEE POC at LASP / CU

    Mission = TIMED

    Data_product_type = SEE EGS Level 2A

    Data_product_version = 011

    Data_product_revision = 02

    Product_format_version = 010

    Software_version = 11.01

    Software_name = write_netCDF.pro called from egs_level2_main.pro

    Calibration_version = 09.01

    Description = Calibrated SEE EGS science data averaged over each solar
      observation $ at 0.1 nm bins with degradation, atmospheric, and 1AU corrections

    History = 7/03/03 Don Woodraska Original creation

    Filename =
      /titus/timed/testing/data/science_dp/level2a_egs/egs_L2A_2002039_011_02.ncdf

    Date_generated = Tue Sep 11 19:41:02 2012

DATE:

    Units = YYYY-DOY

    Description = Date of observations

WAVE:

    Units = nm

    Description = Array of wavelength intervals, half-Angstrom centers

FLUX_MEDIAN:

    Units = W / m^2 / nm

    Description = Array of median solar irradiances for each wavelength interval.
      This is the spectrum

DIFF_MA:

    Units = W / m^2 / nm

    Description = Array of differences between the median and weighted averaged
      solar irradiances for each wavelength interval

ERR_TOT:

    Units = Fractional

    Description = Accuracy of solar irradiance

ERR_MEAS:

    Units = Fractional

    Description = Measurement precision

STDEV_MEAS:

    Units = Fractional

    Description = Standard deviation of the median

NUMPT:

    Units = NONE

    Description = Array of the Number of points (1-Angstrom-gridded measurements)
      used in determining the observation average for each wavelength interval

COR_1AU:

    Units = 1 / (AU^2)

    Description = AU correction factor for date

SLIT:

    Units = none

    Description = 0 is calibration slit, 1 is normal slit

START_TIME:

    Units = UT seconds of day

    Description = Array of observation start times

STOP_TIME:

    Units = UT seconds of day

    Description = Array of observation stop times

ODC_ID:

    Units = none

    Description = Array of observation identifiers (1-254), A value of 0 means
      the observation did not produce data used in routine products.
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