Soumyaranjan Dash
Brinson Postdoctoral Fellow
Solar Physics Directory
A curated compilation of open-source simulation frameworks, spaceborne telemetry databases, foundational textbooks, and classic papers across heliospheric science.
Data Sources
Spaceborne telemetry databases, ground observatories, live solar indices, and synoptic magnetograms.
Simulation Packages
Open-source MHD solvers, surface flux transport codes, magnetic optimization, and event catalogs.
Books & Papers
Essential reference literature, historical solar physics papers, and classic textbooks.
Academic Journals
Leading peer-reviewed journals in solar physics and astrophysics for research dissemination.
Observational Data Archives & Solar Indices
Dynamically generated catalog of spaceborne instrumentation arrays, telemetry feeds, and global solar variations.
| # | Resource Entity | Domain | Primary Instrument Focus | Access Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) | Full-Disk Sun | HMI (Magnetograms) / AIA (EUV Coronal Imaging) | JSOC Portal |
| 2 | Solar Orbiter (EUI) | High-Resolution Solar Atmosphere | Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) Data Products | EUI Data Center |
| 3 | Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) | High-Resolution Ground | CryoNIRSP / ViSP Polarimetric Data Products | DKIST Data Center |
| 4 | Parker Solar Probe | In-Situ Solar Wind | SWEAP (Plasma Parameters) | PSP Data Portal |
| 5 | Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG) | Helioseismology & Synoptic Magnetograms | Synoptic Magnetograms / Doppler Velocity Maps | GONG Magnetograms |
| 6 | Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) | Coronal Imaging & Solar Wind | LASCO (Coronagraph) / CELIAS (Solar Wind) | SOHO Data Archive |
| 7 | Mauna Loa Solar Observatory (MLSO) | Ground-Based Coronal Imaging | K-Coronagraph (K-Cor) / Chromospheric Helium Imaging | MLSO Data Portal |
| 8 | EUV Synoptic Maps | Full-Disk Coronal Evolution | EUV Intensity Synoptic Maps from SDO/AIA, SOHO/EIT, and STEREO/EUVI | EUV Synoptic Maps |
Numerical MHD Codes, Solvers & Event Catalogues
SWMF (Space Weather Modeling Framework)
A high-performance, block-adaptive numerical framework built for coupled global physics simulations, spanning from the solar corona to the Earth's magnetosphere.
MAS (Magnetohydrodynamics Around a Sphere)
A state-of-the-art, parallelized MHD code designed for simulating the solar corona and heliosphere, with applications in space weather forecasting and coronal dynamics.
HipFT (High-Performance Flux Transport)
A specialized numerical code for simulating solar surface flux transport processes, including the advection of magnetic flux by surface flows and the emergence of active regions.
MPI-AMRVAC (Adaptive Mesh Refinement Versatile Advection Code)
A flexible, high-performance code for solving hyperbolic partial differential equations with adaptive mesh refinement, widely used in astrophysical fluid dynamics and MHD simulations.
PFSS (Potential Field SOurce Surface Extrapolation
A simple python package for PFSS extrapolation using magnetograms in spherical polar coordinates.
POT3D (Potential Field Extrapolation in 3D)
A computational tool for performing potential field extrapolations of solar magnetic fields, used to model the coronal magnetic structure based on photospheric magnetogram data.
UFiT (Universal Fieldline Tracer)
A versatile fieldline tracing code designed for analyzing magnetic connectivity and topology in solar and heliospheric magnetic field models, with applications in coronal and solar wind studies.
Solar Flare Catalogue
Access curated flare event libraries, including peak intensity metrics, GOES X-ray classification parameters, and associated active region indices.
CFA XRT Flare CatalogFoundational Textbooks & Literature Reference Indices
Key literature reference manuals and seminal textbooks widely used throughout stellar and solar physics lines.
Polarization in Spectral Lines
M. Landolfi and E. Landi Degl'Innocenti (2004) · It provides a rigorous quantum-mechanical framework for understanding the generation and transfer of polarized radiation in astrophysical plasmas, covering topics like the Hanle and Zeeman effects, and is essential for analyzing solar magnetic fields.
The Physics of Fluids and Plasmas
Arnab Rai Choudhuri (2012) · The book provides a unified introduction to fluid mechanics and plasma physics for astrophysicists, covering both macroscopic (continuum) and microscopic (particle) theories.
Astrophysics for Physicists
Arnab Rai Choudhuri (2010) · The book is designed for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate physics students, bridging the gap between general physics and specialized astrophysics by developing concepts from first principles, covering topics from stellar interiors and galaxies to cosmology, and integrating physical principles with mathematical derivations and observational data.
Academic Journals
This table provides an overview of major journals relevant to solar physics and heliophysics research. For each journal, the table lists its scientific scope, current Scopus quartile ranking (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4), impact factor, and a direct link to the journal website. These metrics offer a general indication of a journal's visibility and influence within the scientific community, helping researchers identify appropriate publication venues for observational, theoretical, computational, and instrumentation-focused studies in solar and space physics.
| # | Journal Name | Scope | Impact Factor | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nature | High-impact multidisciplinary journal. | 48.5 | Nature (Q1) |
| 2 | Science | High-impact multidisciplinary journal. | 45.8 | Science (Q1) |
| 3 | Living Reviews in Solar Physics | Review articles in solar physics | 27.6 | LRSP (Q1) |
| 4 | Nature Astronomy | High-impact multidisciplinary astronomy | 14.3 | Nat Astron (Q1) |
| 5 | Nature Communications | High-impact multidisciplinary astronomy | 15.7 | Nat Commun (Q1) |
| 6 | Space Science Reviews | Reviews, heliophysics, space missions | 7.4 | SSR (Q1) |
| 7 | The Astrophysical Journal | General astrophysics and solar physics | 5.4 | ApJ (Q1) |
| 8 | The Astrophysical Journal Letters | Rapid high-impact results | 11.7 | ApJL (Q1) |
| 9 | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Broad astronomy and astrophysics | 6.1 | A&A (Q1) |
| 10 | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | Broad astronomy and astrophysics | 4.8 | MNRAS (Q1) |
| 11 | Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics | Heliophysics and space weather | 2.9 | JGR Space Physics (Q1) |
| 12 | Geophysical Research Letters | Short high-impact papers | 4.6 | GRL (Q1) |
| 13 | Solar Physics | Dedicated solar physics journal | 2.4 | Solar Physics (Q2) |
| 14 | Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences | Solar-terrestrial and space sciences | 2.6 | FASS (Q2) |
| 15 | Advances in Space Research | Space science and heliophysics | 2.8 | ASR (Q2) |