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The solar physics FORWARD codes: Now with widgets!

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2014

Blake Forland ,
Sarah Gibson ,
James Dove  and
Therese Kucera
Blake Forland
Affiliation:
High Altitude Observatory/National Center for Atmospheric Research3080 Center Green Dr. Boulder, CO, 80027, USA email: lyon.bcf@gmail.com, sgibson@ucar.edu Dept of Physics & Metro State College DenverNC 3123 Campus Box 69 1201 5th Street, Denver, CO, 80204-2005, USA email: dove@msudenver.edu
Sarah Gibson
Affiliation:
High Altitude Observatory/National Center for Atmospheric Research3080 Center Green Dr. Boulder, CO, 80027, USA email: lyon.bcf@gmail.com, sgibson@ucar.edu
James Dove
Affiliation:
Dept of Physics & Metro State College DenverNC 3123 Campus Box 69 1201 5th Street, Denver, CO, 80204-2005, USA email: dove@msudenver.edu
Therese Kucera
Affiliation:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center & Greenbelt, MD20771, USA email: therese.a.kucera@nasa.gov
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Abstract

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We have developed a suite of forward-modeling IDL codes (FORWARD) to convert analytic models or simulation data cubes into coronal observables, allowing a direct comparison with observations. Observables such as extreme ultraviolet, soft X-ray, white light, and polarization images from the Coronal Multichannel Polarimeter (CoMP) can be reproduced. The observer's viewpoint is also incorporated in the FORWARD analysis and the codes can output the results in a variety of forms in order to easily create movies, Carrington maps, or simply observable information at a particular point in the plane of the sky. We present a newly developed front end to the FORWARD codes which utilizes IDL widgets to facilitate ease of use by the solar physics community. Our ultimate goal is to provide as useful a tool as possible for a broad range of scientific applications.

Keywords

Sun: prominencesSun: coronaSun: magnetic fields
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 8 , Symposium S300: Nature of Prominences and their role in Space Weather , June 2013 , pp. 414 - 415
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013 

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