Table · dataset · 2026
McIntosh Archive of Solar Synoptic Maps (1954-2009)
Listed in National Center for Atmospheric Research
Fifty five years of synoptic solar maps made from H alpha, Magnetograms and He I (when available).
Description
Maps show sunspots, plage, filaments and coronal holes and are available in GIF and FITS formats. Solar features are searchable across all maps with IDL scripts (please see the "IDL Scripts" link under the "Related Resourced" field below).
The maps in the Archive has Carrington longitude values between 0 to 360 or -30 to 390 degrees (for 0 to 360, it corresponds to CR 1355 (Dec22, 1954) to CR1486 (Oct. 29 1964)).
Links
Get the data
- Publisher page www2.hao.ucar.edu/mcintosh-archive/final-maps ↗
documentation · download · from data ucar edu
Where it is published
- data.ucar.edu /dataset/mcintosh-archive-of-solar-synoptic-maps-1954-2009 ↗
National Center for Atmospheric Research dataset page
landing page · from data ucar edu
Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.ucar.edu/api/3/action/package_show?id=53563771-f9d0-4ee2-abbe-912bc877b… ↗
metadata API · from data ucar edu
Topics
Provenance · 1 source records, 8 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Center for Atmospheric Research | 53563771-f9d0-4ee2-abbe-912bc877b2a3 | 13 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | /notes |
| publication_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | /title |
| updated_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 |