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One of the goals of the SpaceInn helioseismology community is to maintain a local helioseismology data archive along with related tools for analysis. The SpaceInn project is the successor to the HELAS project which energized this field of research in Europe, organized scientific workshops, and facilitated the distribution of observations and data analysis software.

What is helioseismology & why is it important? Solar oscillations enable helioseismologists to see inside the Sun, just as geophysicists can probe the internal structure of the Earth using records of seismic activity. Local helioseismology is being developed to make three dimensional images of the solar interior. Detailed maps of the upper convection zone provide new insights into the structure, evolution and organization of active regions and convective flows. Local helioseismology is also used to construct maps of active regions on the other side (where we cannot observe) of the Sun. Click here for an extended description.

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