X5.4 Solar Flare Event - March 7, 2012

Overview

On March 7, 2012, active region 11429 produced an X5.4 flare (00:02 UTC), followed by:

• Two fast Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs):
  • 00:36 UTC (2200 km/s)
  • 01:25 UTC (1800 km/s)
• Two high-energy Solar Energetic Particle (SEP) events:
  • 01:44 UTC (13-100 MeV)
  • 04:05 UTC (>100 MeV)

Google Colab Notebook

This repository includes a Google Colab Notebook to help process and analyze data related to this solar flare event.

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Repository Contents

This repository includes the following data sources related to this flare event:

1. SWAN-SF MVTSs (Multivariate Time Series)

• Data collected and attached as a ZIP archive (Partition 1).
• Use these files to extract 24 magnetic field time series (Bobra’s parameters).
• Steps for processing:
  1. Compute the average magnetic field from the time series.
  2. Normalize columns.
  3. Visualize as multivariate time series using Python libraries such as tsfresh, matplotlib, etc.

2. SDO/AIA and HMI Data

• Wavelengths: 94, 193, 304 Ångström.
• HMI Vector Magnetogram: Download from SDO Data.
• Please provide at least one image for each wavelength that shows the flare clearly.

3. SHARP Magnetic Field Data

• Relevant data includes B_x, B_y, B_z.
• Query and download from:
  • Github Code
  • SHARP Data Documentation
  • HMI Look Data
  • HMI Record Set Help

4. Solar Wind Data (ACE/WIND)

• For each day, four .txt files containing solar wind data can be easily downloaded from SolarSoft.
• Other websites providing real-time solar wind data:
  • ACE Real-Time Solar Wind
  • ACE RTSW Data
  • NOAA SWPC

5. Coronagraph Images (SOHO/LASCO & STEREO)

• One coronagraph image (Attachment 2) is included.
• Searching for higher-resolution images from SOHO/STEREO.
• Refer to Paper 1 (attached) for additional imagery.

6. Sunspot Data

• Data sources:
  • SpaceWeatherLive Archive
  • NOAA SWPC
• Searching for time series or feature vector data.

7. Radio Data

• Refer to Paper 2 (attached) for initial analysis.
• Potential sources:
  • NOAA Solar Radio Data
• Searching for time series or feature vector data.

8. GOES X-ray, Proton, Electron, and Heavy Ion Data

• Possible source: NOAA SWPC

License

This repository is licensed under the Harvard License.

Contribute

If you find better sources or additional data, feel free to submit a pull request.

Contact

For any questions or collaborations, feel free to open an issue or contact me at sameskandarinasab@gmail.com.

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