The RHESSI software tools include stand-alone and integrated packages to retrieve and display data from other missions to provide context for RHESSI observations.

Searching for jointly observed flares

An IDL tool is available to find solar flares jointly observed by GOES, RHESSI, Hinode, SDO, and IRIS. In SSWIDL, type

to start a widget interface from which you can search for flare(s) of different magnitudes and energies that were observed by various combinations of instruments. More information can be found here

GOES

Data from multiple generations of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) since 1976 are available. Both X-Ray Sensor (XRS) and Extreme Ultraviolet Sensor (EUVS) (since 2006) data can be accessed through the SSWIDL GOES object. The GOES workbench provides a widget interface to the the GOES object software. You can run the goes software either through the workbench, the IDL command line, or both. The workbench is initiated by typing

at the SSWIDL command line. For more information please see the GOES IDL User Guide

Fermi GBM and LAT

Extensive modifications were made to our spectral analysis package, OSPEX, to enable easy retrieval and analysis of FERMI GBM and LAT data. Please visit the Fermi Solar Flare Observations page for details.

MESSENGER SAX

We have archived seven years of MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) spacecraft solar data, and provide spectral analysis software to analyze it. Please see MESSENGER SAX for a description of the mission, the SAX data, and the available software tools.

SOXS

We have archived seven years of solar data from the SOXS (Solar X-Ray Spectrometer) payload on the GSAT-2 mission and provide spectral analysis software to analyze it. Please see SOXS for a description of the mission, data, and the available software tools.

YOHKOH/WBS, SMART/XSM, Konus-Wind, SMM/HXRBS, SMM/GRS

YOHKOH/WBS, SMART/XSM, Konus-Wind, SMM/HXRBS, and SMM/GRS data can also be displayed and analyzed in our spectral analysis package, OSPEX . The Konus-Wind, SMM/HXRBS, SMM/GRS spectrum files can be searched for and downloaded throught the OSPEX GUI. You must provide the input files for YOHKOH/WBS and SMART/XSM analysis.

GOES, SOHO, TRACE, SDO, STEREO and more in SHOW_SYNOP

The SHOW_SYNOP SSWIDL program provides access to GOES, SOHO, TRACE, SDO, STEREO, radio, and other data sets. The program searches remote archives for your selection of time interval and instrument, and presents you with a list of results. You can choose the data set(s) you want, download them, and display them in an interactive plot window (PLOTMAN). SHOW_SYNOP can be run as a stand-alone program by typing

at the SSWIDL command line, or from the RHESSI GUI by clicking File / Retrieve, Process Data / Synoptic....

After displaying any images from the RHESSI GUI or SHOW_SYNOP in PLOTMAN, you can use the PLOTMAN tools to

• overlay images with each other or with RHESSI images,
• use the flux tool to define RoIs and compute image flux,
• use the profile tool to display a profile through an image,
• generate movies of a series of images, optionally overlaying them with the corresponding (in time) image from a different data set,
• overlay time profiles with RHESSI time profiles,
• and more.