Themes of the AIA Investigation

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Themes of the AIA Investigation

• Energy input, storage, and release the 3-D
  dynamic structure
• 3D configuration of the solar corona mapping
  magnetic free energy evolution of the corona
  towards unstable configurations the life-cycle
  of atmospheric field
• Coronal heating and irradiance thermal structure
  and emission
• Contributions to solar (E)UV irradiance by types
  of features physical properties of
  irradiance-modulating features physical models
  of the irradiance-modulating features
  physics-based predictive capability for the
  spectral irradiance
• Transients sources of radiation and energetic
  particles
• Unstable field configurations and initiation of
  transients evolution of transients early
  evolution of CMEs particle acceleration
• Connections to geospace material and field
  output of the Sun
• Dynamic coupling of the corona and heliosphere
  solar wind energetics propagation of CMEs and
  related phenomena vector field and velocity
• Coronal seismology a new diagnostic to access
  coronal physics
• Evolution, propagation, and decay of transverse
  and longitudinal waves probing coronal physics
  with waves the role of magnetic topology in wave
  phenomena

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Quick-Look and Basic Science Data

• Data products under consideration
• Near real-time data (10 min. lag)
• Latest full-disk images in all wavelengths (and
  B-field)
• Full-disk intensity curves
• Listings times and locations of atonomously
  identified features (flares, )
• Quick-look data (?3h lag)
• Image sequences for 5x5 arcmin field of view for
  each active region for 8 channels and B
• Quick-look data (?12h lag)
• PFSS field model (1-degree resolution)
• Thermal reconstruction for full-disk corona
  (1024x1024)
• Quick-look data (?24h lag)
• Thumbnails (1024x1024) of full-disk evolution
  at 1 frame/minute
• Science-quality data (using current
  calibrations)
• Flat Field Corrected, Despiked, MTF-corrected,
  co-aligned data sets of active regions
• 8 AIA and 1 HMI for 5 x 5 arcmin for all active
  regions
• Flat-field corrected, despiked, co-aligned,
  rebinned to 1024x1024 full-disk movies
• Full image archive
• Compare QL page The Sun Today at
  http//www.lmsal.com/solarsoft/last_events/