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aiapy

v0.12.1
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Concise Description
Python tools for calibrating, registering, correcting, deconvolving, and analyzing Solar Dynamics Observatory Atmospheric Imaging Assembly data.
Description
aiapy is a Python package for analyzing data from the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) instrument onboard NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft. It calibrates and processes AIA images by updating pointing metadata, registering level 1 images to level 1.5, reinserting removed spikes, correcting instrument degradation, estimating uncertainty, calculating and deconvolving the instrument point-spread function, and calculating wavelength response functions. Its public workflows exchange SunPy maps and Astropy quantities, coordinates, times, and tables.
Reference Publication
https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.02801
Authors
Will Barnes ( American University , Department of Physics, American University , Goddard Space Flight Center , United States Naval Research Laboratory )
Monica Bobra ( Stanford University , State of California, Office of Data and Innovation , W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Stanford University )
Mark C. M. Cheung ( Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory )
Nabil Freij ( Bay Area Environmental Research Institute , Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory , SETI Institute )
Georgios Chintzoglou ( Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory , University Corporation for Atmospheric Research )
J. Marcus Hughes ( Southwest Research Institute )
Manan Kocher
Stuart J. Mumford ( Aperio Software Ltd. , University of Sheffield )
Nina Shirman ( Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory )
Albert Y. Shih ( Goddard Space Flight Center )
David Stansby ( Advanced Research Computing Centre, University College London, UK , Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London , Imperial College London , Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London , University College London )
Paul Wright ( Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies , Stanford University , University of Exeter , W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Stanford University )
Laura Hayes ( Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies , European Space Research and Technology Centre )
Paul F. Boerner ( Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory )
Andrew J. Leonard ( Aperio Software Ltd. )
Nicholas Padmanabhan ( Princeton University )
Functionality
Data Processing and Analysis Analysis Calibration Data Access and Retrieval Image Processing Processing Mission-related Analysis Calibration Instrument Response Observatory/Instrument Models Processing Science Data Processing Models and Simulations Instrument Response Observatory/Instrument Models
Technical Details
Programming Languages Python 3.x
Operating Systems Linux Mac Windows
CPU Architecture Apple Silicon arm64 GPU Linux aarch64 or arm64 ppc64le x86-64
Development Status Active
Publication Date Mar 31, 2020
Publisher Zenodo
Data & File Formats
Data Sources HTTP/HTTPS Directories Observatory/Mission-specific
Input Formats ascii FITS Other
Output Formats FITS
Science Context
Related Instruments Atmospheric Imaging Assembly HMI
Related Observatories Solar Dynamics Observatory
Related Phenomena Coronal Heating Coronal Mass Ejections Solar Corona Solar Flares
Related Regions Solar Environment Corona
Keywords
AIA calibration extreme ultraviolet image deconvolution instrument degradation instrument response point-spread function pyhc package solar imaging solar physics
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-011-9804-8

Related Datasets

https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/sdo-aia-fits-data
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ab1005

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https://github.com/sunpy/drms
https://www.lmsal.com/solarsoft/

Interoperable Software

https://github.com/astropy/astropy
https://github.com/sunpy/sunpy
Licensing & Funding
License BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
Funders National Aeronautics and Space Administration Science and Technology Facilities Council
Funding Awards
NASA Hinode program support - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA HMI contract to Stanford University (NAS5-02139) - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA HSR grant (80NSSC19K0855) - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA SDO/AIA contract to Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory (NNG04EA00C) - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Science and Technology Facilities Council grant (ST/S000240/1) - Science and Technology Facilities Council
Version Information
Current Version v0.12.1
Release Date Jun 25, 2026
Version DOI https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20873249
Release Notes
Documentation release that revamped the aiapy installation page.
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