Database management system of hundred-year solar filament image archives

Abstract

Studying solar filaments can help in understanding the distribution of large-scale field in the solar atmosphere and provide useful insights into the nature of the solar magnetic field. Recently, the National Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has collected huge volumes of data about solar filaments from several international observing stations for nearly 100 years. Designing a database, as well as establishing a networked tool for making the best of it, are necessary to provide efficient and convenient access to the data for researchers. In this study, we introduce a solar filament database, involving digital image data of nearly 45 terabytes, based on MySQL and a data management platform named database management system of hundred years of solar filament archives ( http://faste.ctgu.edu.cn ) that adopts Browser/Server mode and is written in the Java programming language. From this data system, users can realise multi-property query on the basis of demands, download data under multiple conditions, perform visual query for information on one single filament, view long-term data statistics of filament properties, and implement extensions and management of the database.