<p>In this work we compare the full-disk line-of-sight magnetic field measurements of the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) with the magnetograms from multiple sources including the Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG), the Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI), the Synoptic Optical Long-term Investigations of the Sun (SOLIS) instrument, the Mount Wilson Observatory (MWO), and the Wilcox Solar Observatory (WSO). A scaling factor is then derived that matches the magnetograms from these instruments to those of HMI. The scaling factors are <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <InlineMediaObject> <ImageObject Color="BlackWhite" FileRef="11207_2025_2523_Article_IEq1.gif" Format="GIF" Height="14" Rendition="HTML" Resolution="72" Type="Linedraw" Width="95" /> </InlineMediaObject> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <mn>1.438</mn> <mo>±</mo> <mn>0.000</mn> </math></EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$1.438\pm 0.000$</EquationSource> </InlineEquation> for GONG, <InlineEquation ID="IEq2"> <InlineMediaObject> <ImageObject Color="BlackWhite" FileRef="11207_2025_2523_Article_IEq2.gif" Format="GIF" Height="14" Rendition="HTML" Resolution="72" Type="Linedraw" Width="95" /> </InlineMediaObject> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <mn>0.701</mn> <mo>±</mo> <mn>0.001</mn> </math></EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$0.701\pm 0.001$</EquationSource> </InlineEquation> for MDI, <InlineEquation ID="IEq3"> <InlineMediaObject> <ImageObject Color="BlackWhite" FileRef="11207_2025_2523_Article_IEq3.gif" Format="GIF" Height="14" Rendition="HTML" Resolution="72" Type="Linedraw" Width="95" /> </InlineMediaObject> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <mn>1.038</mn> <mo>±</mo> <mn>0.001</mn> </math></EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$1.038\pm 0.001$</EquationSource> </InlineEquation> for SOLIS, <InlineEquation ID="IEq4"> <InlineMediaObject> <ImageObject Color="BlackWhite" FileRef="11207_2025_2523_Article_IEq4.gif" Format="GIF" Height="14" Rendition="HTML" Resolution="72" Type="Linedraw" Width="95" /> </InlineMediaObject> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <mn>2.795</mn> <mo>±</mo> <mn>0.002</mn> </math></EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$2.795\pm 0.002$</EquationSource> </InlineEquation> for MWO, and <InlineEquation ID="IEq5"> <InlineMediaObject> <ImageObject Color="BlackWhite" FileRef="11207_2025_2523_Article_IEq5.gif" Format="GIF" Height="14" Rendition="HTML" Resolution="72" Type="Linedraw" Width="95" /> </InlineMediaObject> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <mn>3.582</mn> <mo>±</mo> <mn>0.006</mn> </math></EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="TEX">${3.582\pm 0.006}$</EquationSource> </InlineEquation> for WSO. This scaling factor varies with the center-to-limb distance and field strength. Distortion maps for these instruments are also determined using the HMI data as a reference.</p>

Toward a Consensus for Multi-Sourced Photospheric Line-of-Sight Magnetic Field Cross-Calibration

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2025年8月20日

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Yang Liu,
Jon Todd Hoeksema,
Luca Bertello,
Gordon Petrie,
Alexei Pevtsov

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In this work we compare the full-disk line-of-sight magnetic field measurements of the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) with the magnetograms from multiple sources including the Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG), the Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI), the Synoptic Optical Long-term Investigations of the Sun (SOLIS) instrument, the Mount Wilson Observatory (MWO), and the Wilcox Solar Observatory (WSO). A scaling factor is then derived that matches the magnetograms from these instruments to those of HMI. The scaling factors are $1.438 \pm 0.000$ $1.438\pm 0.000$ for GONG, $0.701 \pm 0.001$ $0.701\pm 0.001$ for MDI, $1.038 \pm 0.001$ $1.038\pm 0.001$ for SOLIS, $2.795 \pm 0.002$ $2.795\pm 0.002$ for MWO, and $3.582 \pm 0.006$ ${3.582\pm 0.006}$ for WSO. This scaling factor varies with the center-to-limb distance and field strength. Distortion maps for these instruments are also determined using the HMI data as a reference.