This page contains relevant information for the understanding of the Data stored and distributed from the Solar Orbiter Archive (SOAR) pages at http://soar.esac.esa.int/soar/. Further detailed information on how to make use of the Solar Orbiter archive can be found at SOAR (Solar Orbiter Archive) - How to Use.
EPD Instrument
Understanding the data
- EPD Data Product Description Document SO-EPD-PO-TN-0038_iss1_rev2_DPDD.pdf
Calibration files
- solo_CAL_epd-step-quicklook_20200429_V01.cdf
- solo_CAL_epd-step-nom_20200429_V01.cdf
- solo_CAL_epd-step-burst1_20200429_V01.cdf
- solo_CAL_epd-sis-a-rates_20200401_V04.cdf
- solo_CAL_epd-sis-b-rates_20200401_V04.cdf
- solo_CAL_epd-epthet2-quicklook_20200512_V02.cdf
- solo_CAL_epd-epthet2-nom_20200512_V02.cdf
- solo_CAL_epd-epthet2-burst3_20200512_V02.cdf
- solo_CAL_epd-epthet2-burst2_20200512_V02.cdf
- solo_CAL_epd-epthet2-burst1_20200512_V02.cdf
- solo_CAL_epd-epthet1-quicklook_20200512_V02.cdf
- solo_CAL_epd-epthet1-nom_20200512_V02.cdf
- solo_CAL_epd-epthet1-burst3_20200512_V02.cdf
- solo_CAL_epd-epthet1-burst2_20200512_V02.cdf
- solo_CAL_epd-epthet1-burst1_20200512_V02.cdf
EUI Instrument
Understanding the data
MAG Instrument
Understanding the data
- MAG User Guide Solar Orbiter magnetometer user guide_i1.pdf
- MAG Data Product Description Document SOL-MAG-DPDD_i2r0_28Sep20.pdf
Detailed reports of available data
Metis Instrument
Understanding the data:
METIS-OATO-SPE-021_2.2_Solar_Orbiter_Metis_Data_Product_Description_Document_20221116_signed.pdf
PHI Instrument
Understanding the data:
PHI Data Product Description Document: SOL-PHI-MPS-SW7400-IF-2_0_1.pdf
RPW Instrument
Understanding the data
- RPW Science Data User Manual ROC-PRO-DAT-NTT-00130-LES_Iss01_Rev00(RPW_Science_Data_User_Manual).pdf
- RPW Data Product Description Document ROC-PRO-DAT-NTT-00075-LES_Iss01_Rev03_(RPW-Data-Product-Description-Document).pdf
Calibration files
- SOLO_CAL_RCT-LFR-BIAS_V20190123171020.cdf
- SOLO_CAL_RCT-LFR-SCM_V20190123171020.cdf
- SOLO_CAL_RCT-LFR-VHF_V20190123171020.cdf
- SOLO_CAL_RPW-SCM_SCM-FS-MEB-PFM_V20200428000000.cdf
- SOLO_CAL_RPW-TDS-SURV-SWF-E_V20200615000000.cdf
- SOLO_CAL_RPW-TDS-SURV-STAT_V20200615000000.cdf
- SOLO_CAL_RPW-TDS-SURV-MAMP_V20200615000000.cdf
- SOLO_CAL_RPW-TDS-LFM-RSWF-E_V20200512000000.cdf
- SOLO_CAL_RPW-TDS-LFM-RSWF-B_V20200512000000.cdf
- SOLO_CAL_RPW-TDS-LFM-CWF-E_V20200512000000.cdf
- SOLO_CAL_RPW-TDS-LFM-CWF-B_V20200512000000.cdf
- SOLO_CAL_RPW-THR-ANT-HF_PARAMS_V20200613000000.cdf
- SOLO_CAL_RPW-THR-TNRSA_V20200613000000.cdf
- SOLO_CAL_RPW-THR-HFR_V20200613000000.cdf
- SOLO_CAL_RPW-THR-HFR_V20201214000000.cdf
- SOLO_CAL_RPW-BIAS_V202007031616.cdf
- SOLO_CAL_RPW-BIAS_V202011191204.cdf
- SOLO_CAL_RPW-THR-TNR_V20200613000000.cdf
SoloHI Instrument
Understanding the Data
SPICE
Data Product Description Document:
SPICE-UIO-DPDD-0002-1.6-Data Product Description Document [SPICEFITS].pdf
STIX
Data Product Description Document:
STIX-TN-0186-FHNW_I1R1_STIX_Data_Description_Document_DPDD_signed.pdf
SWA Instrument
Understanding the data - Data Product Description Document
SWA-EAS
Caveats to use of SWA-EAS data: SO-SWA-MSSL-TN-015_ Issue1_SWA_EAS_Caveats.pdf
SWA-PAS
SWA-PAS L2 Data User Guide: PAS_L2_Data_User_Guide_20201116.pdf
SWA-HIS
Usage notes for SWA-HIS Low Latency Data: SWA-HIS_LL_usage_notes_draft2.pdf, and list of off-nominal days: SWA-HIS_low_latency_off-nominal_days_v2022-07-05T232453.csv
Usage notes for SWA-HIS Level 3 Data: SWA-HIS_usage_notes_L3_V01_revA.pdf