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The Ulysses Catalog of Solar Hard X-Ray Flares

Tranquille, C.; Hurley, K.; Hudson, H. S. (2009). The Ulysses Catalog of Solar Hard X-Ray Flares [Data set]. Solar Physics: A Journal for Solar and Solar-Stellar Research and the Study of Solar Terrestrial Physics, 258(1).

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spase://NASA/Catalog/ULYSSES/Hard_X-Ray_Flares

Description

The Ulysses Catalog of Solar Hard X-Ray Flares is a comprehensive, 13-year dataset (1990–2003+) from the Solar X-ray/Cosmic Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) instrument, covering solar flares with 15-150 keV hard X-ray spectra. Due to its unique, out-of-ecliptic orbit, the instrument provided stereoscopic observations of flares, including those hidden from Earth-orbiting satellites, allowing analysis of "thermal feed-through" and coronal components.
See publication DOI 10.1007/s11207-009-9387-9

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RightsName
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ResourceID
spase://NASA/Catalog/ULYSSES/Hard_X-Ray_Flares
NamingAuthority
NASA
ResourceType
Catalog
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
The Ulysses Catalog of Solar Hard X-Ray Flares
ReleaseDate
2026-02-02 13:10:27Z
RevisionHistory
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2026-01-18 11:00:04
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Only known prior ReleaseDate of the metadata
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2026-02-02 13:10:27Z
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Description

The Ulysses Catalog of Solar Hard X-Ray Flares is a comprehensive, 13-year dataset (1990–2003+) from the Solar X-ray/Cosmic Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) instrument, covering solar flares with 15-150 keV hard X-ray spectra. Due to its unique, out-of-ecliptic orbit, the instrument provided stereoscopic observations of flares, including those hidden from Earth-orbiting satellites, allowing analysis of "thermal feed-through" and coronal components.
See publication DOI 10.1007/s11207-009-9387-9

PublicationInfo
Title
The Ulysses Catalog of Solar Hard X-Ray Flares
Authors
Tranquille, C.; Hurley, K.; Hudson, H. S.
PublicationDate
2009-08-01 00:00:00
PublishedBy
Solar Physics: A Journal for Solar and Solar-Stellar Research and the Study of Solar Terrestrial Physics, 258(1)
Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.Authorspase://SMWG/Person/Cecil.Tranquille
2.Authorspase://SMWG/Person/Kevin.C.Hurley
3.MetadataContactspase://SMWG/Person/Olga.Y.Uritskaya
AccessInformation
ProviderName
eScholarship, UC Berkeley Previously Published Works
InstrumentIDs
PhenomenonType
SolarFlare
TimeSpan
StartDate
1990-12-23 09:43:00
StopDate
2003-11-04 20:06:00
Parameter #1
Name
Calendar date
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #2
Name
Day
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #3
Name
GOES event times, Start
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #4
Name
GOES event times, End
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #5
Name
GOES event times, Max
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #6
Name
Flare location
Support
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #7
Name
Flare class
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #8
Name
Ulysses position, R (AU)
Support
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #9
Name
Ulysses position, Long.
Support
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #10
Name
Ulysses position, Lat.
Support
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #11
Name
Data availability
Description

Column indicates whether the flare is seen as a count rate increase in the Ulysses data (Y) or not (N), or whether it is not known (?) due to
missing telemetry or to a high background caused by in situ charged particles.

Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #12
Name
F – S – U angle
Description

Flare – Sun – Ulysses (F – S – U) angle in degrees

Support
SupportQuantity
Orientation
Parameter #13
Name
Peak GRB
Description

The column provides the peak count rate (non-normalized and corrected for rollover and dead time effects where necessary) measured by GRB during the event if seen.

Support
SupportQuantity
Other