The solar physics FORWARD codes: Now with widgets!

Blake Forland, Sarah Gibson, James Dove, Therese Kucera

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNature of Prominences and their Role in Space Weather
PublisherCambridge University Press
Pages414-415
Number of pages2
EditionS300
ISBN (Print)9781107045194
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Astronomical Union
NumberS300
Volume8
ISSN (Print)1743-9213
ISSN (Electronic)1743-9221

Keywords

  • Sun: corona
  • Sun: magnetic fields
  • Sun: prominences

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