MAG4 Research-to-Operations Timeline
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2011 MAG4 installed at JSC Space Radiation Analysis Group (SRAG) as a NRT (Near-Real-Time) forecasting tool, and SRAG began pre-operations testing
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2012 NOAA web access to MAG4 NRT forecasts was provided
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2013 MAG4 upgraded so that it can use a combination of free-energy proxy and previous flare activity, for better accuracy
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2013 Won the Silver Snoopy Award
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2015 Transition from HMI line-of-sight magnetogram to vector magnetograms
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2016 MSFC Software of the Year Award, Honorable Mention for NASA’s.
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MAG4 Research-to-Operations Timeline
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1973 The MSFC (Marshall Space Flight Center) vector magnetograph was built to support Skylab
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2000-present MSFC MAG4 team uses vector magnetograms to study CME correlation with free-energy proxy
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2007-12 A DOD/Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative/Neutral Atmosphere Density Interdisciplinary Research helped support funding of the basic research
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2008 Partnered with JSC/SRAG (Space Radiation Analysis Group) and won an R20 NASA/Technical Excellence Initiative grant: Began building a database that grew to ~40,000 magnetograms of ~1,300 active region, covering years 1996-2004 with event catalog from SOHO/MDI (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory/Michelson Doppler Imager) observations
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2010-present NASA’s HEOMD (Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate) support
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2010 SDO is launched began transitioning from MDI to HMI line-of-sight magnetograms.
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2011 MAG4 installed at SRAG a NRT (Near-Real-Time) forecasting tool, and SRAG began pre-operations testing
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2012 Provided NOAA web access to MAG4 NRT forecasts
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2013 MAG4 upgraded so that it can use a combination of free-energy proxy and previous flare activity
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2015 Transition to HMI line-of-sight to vector magnetograms
- 2016-present Build up of flare and CME histories and improving MAG4 for accurate forecasting from HMI data continues