Unified Observing Catalogue

The Unified Observing Catalogue is used in two different ways and the types of information associated with these are quite different:

1. For (remote-sensing) instruments that observe the Sun with restricted fields-of-view, the UOC contains information about the observations and make it possible to filter data requests based on whether the instrument was observing the required target.
2. Where there are problems accessing the observations from some instruments – either because not all of them are on-line or because of complexities in the archive interface – the UOC contains the details of what is available and the URLs that should be used to access the data.

Entries in the UOC in the first category are used as part of the search process. Those in the second category are used by the DPAS in order to support access to certain instruments – that the DPAS should use the UOC is specified in the Provider Access Table (PAT).

To access the UOC select the time range of interest and the required instrument and then press "Send Request". The results can be viewed as a Web page or downloaded as a VOTable or text file.

Questions: For the pointed solar instruments, does the UOC contain the required information? If there are any problems, please let us know.

This interface is still under development.