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Movies of Limb Flares Observed by SXT

ResourceID
spase://NASA/Catalog/Yohkoh/LimbFlares

Description

A catalog of movies showing flares captured by the Yohkoh/SXT instrument. For some events the corresponding movie from SOHO/LASCO observations are presented.

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Version:2.7.1

MetadataRightsList

Rights
SchemeURI
https://spdx.org/licenses/
RightsIdentifierScheme
SPDX
RightsIdentifier
CC0-1.0
RightsURI
https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html
RightsName
Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
Note
CC0 1.0 Universal is the Creative Commons license applicable to all publicly available SPASE metadata descriptions

Version:2.7.1

Catalog

ResourceID
spase://NASA/Catalog/Yohkoh/LimbFlares
NamingAuthority
NASA
ResourceType
Catalog
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
Movies of Limb Flares Observed by SXT
ReleaseDate
2026-02-02 13:10:28Z
RevisionHistory
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2025-11-09 15:00:12
Note
Only known prior ReleaseDate of the metadata
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2026-02-02 13:10:28Z
Note
Added MetadataRightsList. Added ResourceType and NamingAuthority. Updated to 2.7.1. Changed http to https in top-level schemaLocation attribute. Fixed version number separator in top-level schemaLocation attribute. ZCB
Description

A catalog of movies showing flares captured by the Yohkoh/SXT instrument. For some events the corresponding movie from SOHO/LASCO observations are presented.

Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.Authorspase://SMWG/Person/Nariaki.V.Nitta
2.MetadataContactspase://SMWG/Person/Olga.Y.Uritskaya
AccessInformation
InstrumentIDs
PhenomenonType
SolarFlare
PhenomenonType
CoronalMassEjection
TimeSpan
StartDate
1996-11-30 20:32:00
StopDate
2001-12-14 06:57:00
Parameter #1
Name
Date
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #2
Name
Flare Times (Start, Peak, End)
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #3
Name
Flare GOES Class
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #4
Name
Flare Location
Support
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #5
Name
X-ray Ejection - Observed (yes, no)
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #6
Name
X-ray Ejection Brightness
Description

Average brightness of the ejection in DN/s as observed in the last image in AlMg filter

Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #7
Name
X-ray Ejection Speed
Description

Average speed (in km/s) of the ejection measured from the first and last images it is seen

Support
SupportQuantity
Velocity
Parameter #8
Name
X-ray Ejection Acc
Description

Acceleration of the X-ray ejection categorized into five classes: -2 (strongly decelerated), -1 (moderately decelerated), 0 (no significant change in speed), 1 (moderately accelerated), 2 (strongly accelerated)

Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #9
Name
X-ray Ejection Distance
Description

) Distance (in Mm) of the ejection from the flare center as masured in the last image it is seen

Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #10
Name
CME First Obs (t and h()
Description

The height of the CME as it first appears in a LASCO image, measured as heliocentric distance in solar radius

Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #11
Name
CME PA
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #12
Name
CME Width
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #13
Name
CME speed
Description

Average speed (in km/s) of the CME measured in all the LASCO images that show it

Support
SupportQuantity
Velocity
Parameter #14
Name
CME Ass
Description

Acceleration of the CME in m/s2

Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #15
Name
CL
Description

Confidence Level: 1 (low), 2 (medium), 3 (high), -1 (aftermath of previous CME), -2 (CME possibly undermined by a later CME that is faster) -3 (the shown CME is largely associated with another flare that occurred shortly after), 0 (LASCO data gap)

Support
SupportQuantity
DataQuality
Parameter #16
Name
Note
Description

Note: Q (X-ray ejection in quiet mode only), C (X-ray ejection confined), U (CME not registered in the catalog), VP (Very poor CME), PD (X-ray ejection preceded by dimming in EUV), IS (X-ray ejection corresponding to internal structures below the front), IB (X-ray ejection initially bullet-like), TD (X-ray ejection too diffuse), BS (Backside CME not directly related), TE (SXT data ended too early), OF (X-ray ejection mostly outside FOV), TL (SXT data started too late to capture an ejection), NE (X-ray ejection from a neighboring active region to the flaring region), W (X-ray ejection possibly a wave?), SH (CME showing shock signatures), DF (Dark X-ray front)

Support
SupportQuantity
Remark