SEP Model Validation
Solar Prominence

Standard Input Parameters

Download an excel file containing all the flare and CME input parameters here (updated 2021-04-29).

Download images reporting all of the seed population input parameters here.

Flare Information

  Flare information taken from GOES X-ray measurements
SEP Event Date Flare Onset Time Flare Peak Time Flare End Time Flare Magnitude Flare Lat Flare Lon Active Region
March 7, 2012 2012-03-07 0:02:00 2012-03-07 0:24:00 2012-03-07 0:40:00 X5.4 N17 E15 1429
May 17, 2012 2012-05-17 1:25:00 2012-05-17 1:47:00 2012-05-17 2:14:00 M5.1 N12 W89 1476
July 12, 2012 2012-07-12 15:37:00 2012-07-12 16:49:00 2012-07-12 16:49:00 X1.4 S14 W02 1520
April 11, 2013 2013-04-11 6:55:00 2013-04-11 7:16:00 2013-04-11 7:29:00 M6.5 N09 E12 1719
January 6, 2014 - - - - - - -
January 7, 2014 2014-01-07 18:04:00 2014-01-07 18:32:00 2014-01-07 18:58:00 X1.2 S15 W11 1944
July 14, 2017 2017-07-14 1:07:00 2017-07-14 2:09:00 2017-07-14 3:24:00 M2.4 S09 W33 2665
September 4, 2017 2017-09-04 20:28:00 2017-09-04 20:33:00 2017-09-04 20:37:00 M5.5 S08 W16 2673
September 6, 2017 2017-09-06 11:53:00 2017-09-06 12:02:00 2017-09-06 12:10:00 X9.3 S09 W34 2673
September 10, 2017 2017-09-10 15:35:00 2017-09-10 16:06:00 2017-09-10 16:31:00 X8.2 S08 W88 2673

 

CME Forecast Quality Parameters

  NOAA or CCMC Forecaster near Real-Time CME Fits (ENLIL Inner Boundary) CDAW LASCO CME Catalog Values
SEP Event Date CME Time at 21.5Rsun CME Lat CME Lon CME HA CME 3D Velocity (km/s) Source CME LASCO C2 First Look Time CME Plane of Sky Velocity (km/s)
March 7, 2012 2012-03-07 1:59:00 24 -29 50 2040 NOAA (Hazel) 2012-03-07 0:24:06 2684
May 17, 2012 2012-05-17 4:34:00 -17 71 54 1263 NOAA (Hazel) 2012-05-17 1:48:05 1582
July 12, 2012 2012-07-12 19:35:00 -17 -6 70 1400 DONKI (Leila) 2012-07-12 16:48:05 885
April 11, 2013 2013-04-11 11:54:00 -6 -17 48 743 NOAA (Hazel) 2013-04-11 7:24:06 861
January 6, 2014 2014-01-06 10:38:00 8 110 85 1200 DONKI (Leila) 2014-01-06 8:00:05 1402
January 7, 2014 2017-01-07 20:01:00 -21 21 50 2048 NOAA (Hazel) 2014-01-07 18:24:05 1830
July 14, 2017 2017-07-14 5:29:00 -9 40 49 750 DONKI (Barbara Thompson) 2017-07-14 1:25:41 1200
September 4, 2017 2017-09-04 23:10:00 -24 3 54 1323 NOAA (Hazel) 2017-09-04 20:36:05 1418
September 6, 2017 2017-09-06 14:57:00 -15 23 34 1816 DONKI (Andrea Minot) 2017/09/06 12:24:05 1571
September 10, 2017 2017-09-10 17:36:00 -9 86 51 2087 NOAA (Hazel) 2017-09-10 16:00:05 3163

 

Suprathermal Seed Spectra

Please see the page dedicated to suprathermal seed spectra to get spectral functions that represent the seed population at 1 AU and guidance about how to scale these populations to radii closer to the sun.

Seed population page

GOES Proton Measurements for >10 MeV, 10 pfu Threshold

Updated 2021-04-29

  GOES Proton Measurements Threshold: >10 MeV exceed 10 pfu
SEP Event Date Operational Satellite >10 MeV, 10 pfu exceeded >10 MeV Max Flux Time >10 MeV
Max Flux (pfu)
>10 MeV, 0.85*10 pfu End >10 MeV Duration (hours) >10 MeV Fluence (cm-2) >100 MeV Fluence (cm-2)
March 7, 2012 GOES-13 2012-03-07 5:10:00 2012-03-08 11:15:00 6529.8 2012-03-12 22:55:00 137.9 4.08E+09 6.80E+07
May 17, 2012 GOES-13 2012-05-17 2:10:00 2012-05-17 4:30:00 255.44 2012-05-18 17:45:00 39.58 9.61E+07 4.12E+06
July 12, 2012 GOES-13 2012-07-12 18:35:00 2012-07-12 22:25:00 96.08 2012-07-14 23:00:00 52.2 6.03E+07 8.94E+04
April 11, 2013 GOES-13 2013-04-11 10:55:00 2013-04-11 16:45:00 113.55 2013-04-13 0:50:00 37.92 6.34E+07 9.54E+05
January 6, 2014 GOES-13 2014-01-06 9:15:00 2014-01-06 16:00:00 42.17 2014-01-07 19:30:00 34.25 3.91E+07 1.33E+06
January 7, 2014 GOES-13 2014-01-07 19:30:00 2014-01-09 03:40:00 1026.1 2014-01-11 20:35:00 97.08 1.47E+09 2.25E+06
July 14, 2017 GOES-13 2017-07-14 9:00:00 2017-07-14 23:20:00 22.374 2017-07-15 12:15:00 27.25 1.50E+07 7.00E+04
September 4 and 6, 2017 GOES-13 2017-09-05 0:40:00 2017-09-08 0:35:00 844.38 2017-09-08 15:40:00 87.17 4.15E+08 2.90E+05
September 10, 2017 GOES-13 2017-09-10 16:45:00 2017-09-11 11:45:00 1493.5 2017-09-14 18:50:00 98.08 1.89E+09 4.99E+07

 

GOES Proton Measurements for >100 MeV, 1 pfu Threshold

Updated 2021-04-29

  GOES Protons Threshold: >100 MeV exceeds 1 pfu
SEP Event Date Operational Satellite >100 MeV, 1 pfu exceeded >100 MeV Max Flux Time >100 MeV Max Flux (pfu) >100 MeV, 0.85*1 pfu End >100 MeV Duration (Hours) >10 MeV Fluence (cm-2) >100 MeV Fluence (cm-2)
March 7, 2012 GOES-13 2012-03-07 4:05:00 2012-03-07 15:25:00 69.272 2012-03-10 14:30:00 82.42 3.91E+09 6.77E+07
May 17, 2012 GOES-13 2012-05-17 2:00:00 2012-05-17 2:30:00 20.445 2012-05-17 16:30:00 14.5 7.43E+07 3.80E+06
July 12, 2012 GOES-13 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
April 11, 2013 GOES-13 2013-04-11 9:40:00 2013-04-11 14:00:00 2.0297 2013-04-11 19:25:00 9.9 2.72E+07 7.11E+05
January 6, 2014 GOES-13 2014-01-06 8:30:00 2014-01-06 10:05:00 4.079 2014-01-06 18:50:00 10.33 1.50E+07 1.03E+06
January 7, 2014 GOES-13 2014-01-07 20:30:00 2014-01-07 22:40:00 4.2687 2014-01-08 12:45:00 16.25 4.37E+08 1.84E+06
July 14, 2017 GOES-13 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
September 4 and 6, 2017 GOES-13 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
September 10, 2017 GOES-13 2017-09-10 16:25:00 2017-09-10 22:15:00 68.128 2017-09-12 22:40:00 54.25 1.75E+09 4.91E+07