EUI Data Release 5.0 2022-04

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24414/2qfw-tr95

"EUI Data Release 5.0 2022-04", released on 2022-04-28 contains the Solar Orbiter/EUI L1, L2 and L3 data for the period 2020-03-03 up till early April 2022. This release will continue to be appended with later incoming data, until the next full release (Release 6) is issued.

This data release contains the Solar Orbiter/EUI data from the Near Earth Commissioning Phase (NECP), the Cruise Phase and the first 3 months of the Nominal Science Phase, including all data from Remote Sensing Windows 1, 2 and 3. The NECP and Cruise Phase data contains numerous technical tests, for which the instrument configuration was often non-nominal. This data is therefore a-priori not suitable for scientific analysis but is instead primarily intended as a reference for the further development of analysis and visualisation software.

Data policy, citation & acknowledgements

The "EUI Data Release 5.0 2022-04" is public and can be freely downloaded from the EUI website and from the Solar Orbiter Archive. Publications using EUI data are asked to

  1. cite the EUI instrument paper "Rochus et al, AA, 2020" and the above DOI to identify which EUI Data Release was used
  2. mention in the acknowledgements "Solar Orbiter is a space mission of international collaboration between ESA and NASA, operated by ESA. The EUI instrument was built by CSL, IAS, MPS, MSSL/UCL, PMOD/WRC, ROB, LCF/IO with funding from the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO/PRODEX PEA C4000134088); the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES); the UK Space Agency (UKSA); the Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi) through the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR); and the Swiss Space Office (SSO)."
  3. please inform david.berghmans@sidc.be (EUI Principal Investigator) of your work and/or publication, to facilitate cross-referencing and accumulate statistics for future reviews of the mission and instrument team. On request, the EUI team is happy to provide technical assistance during data handling. In return, co-authorship on eventual publications is expected.
  4. Specifically for data running up to the very first perihelion (March and April 2022), we ask external researchers to invite the core of the EUI team as co-authors on publications. Depending on the research topic and the availability of the EUI co-investigators , this could be up to about 20 co-investigators. In return, the external researchers can expect enthusiast support from the EUI co-investigators for any question concerning the handling of the EUI data. Please contact the PI david.berghmans@sidc.be to obtain the list of to be invited EUI co-investigators.
  5. The usage of EUI images as online web graphics or in printed materials should mention "Image Courtesy: ESA/Solar Orbiter/EUI".

List of changes as compared to EUI Data Release 4.0

List of changes as compared to EUI Data Release 3.0

List of changes as compared to EUI Data Release 2.0

List of changes as compared to EUI Data Release 1

Level 1 data

Level 1 data implies that the metadata in the FITS keywords is complete but that the images remain uncalibrated. Besides decompression, only limited, reversible operations have been applied to the images (mirroring & flipping, and 90-degree rotations) such that solar north is roughly on top and solar east roughly on the left. All the images received on the ground are distributed in the Level 1 dataset. This includes images with the telescope doors still closed, either "darks" or "LEDs" (calibration lamp images). The first of these were received on March 3, 2020.

This release contains 181874 L1 files.

Level 2 data

The euiprep python routine takes the Level 1 data and rectifies instrument deviations for which corrections are available. It also updates the WCS FITS keywords to correct for spacecraft pointing instabilities. The output of these calibration steps is distributed as Level 2 data. The euiprep routine is in an early development phase and in continuous evolution. The Level 2 data are thus a snapshot of the best available corrections at the time of the Level 2 data production.

The git version number of the euiprep S/W used to generate these L2 files is copied in the FITS header HISTORY keyword. For this release, the git SHA (first 8 characters) is (see also FITS header VERS_CAL keyword): - '9fd92712'

The euiprep routine is only applied to lossless compressed or uncompressed Level-1 solar images, starting with the 'first light' images on May 12, 2020. Technical images such as e.g. darks or LEDs are not processed into Level-2 data. The selection is done with the IMGTYPE keyword which is set to IMGTYPE="solar image" if * both the heat shield doors and instrument doors are open, AND * no LED is on AND * if the telescope has a filter wheel, that this filter is not in a blocking position.

For HRILYA, extra conditions are added to make sure the Screen and MCP voltages were properly configured for solar imaging. For HRILYA images with exposure time less or equal than 3s (XPOSURE LE 3.0) we require

LYACSCR > 3450 AND ((GAINCOMB="low-only" AND LYACMCP> 580) OR (GAINCOMB="high-only" AND LYACMCP> 450))

For HRILYA images with exposure time larger than 3s (XPOSURE GT 3.0) we require

LYACSCR > 3450 AND ((GAINCOMB="low-only" AND LYACMCP> 480) OR (GAINCOMB="high-only" AND LYACMCP> 350))

This release contains 175438 L2 files.

The L2 file version number is incremented every time the L2 file is updated and may thus differ from the L1 file version number.

Level 3 data

Level 3 data corresponds to a further processing of Level 2 data for visualisation purposes. The Level 3 image files are intended for visualisation through JHelioviewer. L2 images without the keyword WAVELNTH (e.g., because a wrong filter position was selected) are excluded from processing.

This release contains 175433 L3 files.

The L3 file version number is identical to the L2 file version number.

Known remaining issues