This page describes the individual fields in the SDAC BATSE Solar Flare Catalog form.

Time

The default lower time limit for flare selection is 
	19 April 1991, 00:00 UT (the earliest BATSE data available). 

	The default upper time limit for flare selection is
	1 January 1999, 00:00 UT

The result of your search will show the start date on the 2nd column in
	the format yy/mm/dd and the start time on the 3rd column in the 
	format hhmm:ss

Flare peak time

Restricts the peak time of flares selected to the specified 
	hours of the day (in UT).

The result of your search will show the peak time on the 4th column
	in the format hhmm:ss

Flare duration

Restricts duration (in seconds) of flares selected.  You may
	enter your parameters in decimal or scientific notation.

The result of your search will show the flare duration on the 
	5th column. The units are seconds.

Peak rate

Restricts peak count rate of flares selected.  You may enter your 
	parameters in decimal or scientific notation.

The result of your search will show the peak rate in units of 
	counts/s/2000cm^2 on the 6th column. Peak rates equal
	and above 1.0E+13 are incorrect and the search returns
	"Unknown".

Total counts

Restricts total counts of flares selected.  You may enter your 
	parameters in decimal or scientific notation.

The result of your search will show the total counts on the 7th
	column. Total counts equal and above 1.0E+13 are undetermined
	and the search returns "Unknown".

BATSE burst trigger

This BATSE flare catalog includes flares that are associated with a 
	BATSE "trigger" (which put BATSE into a special data collecting 
	mode). Flares not associated with a 'trigger' are given the 
	'trigger number' 0. 

	In addition to the burst trigger, the 'triggertime' is also
	returned by the search in units of seconds of the day. 

BATSE flare number

Restricts flare numbers selected.

The result of your search will show the BATSE event number on
	the 1st column. If you choose to have a hypertext link
	to GIF and PS plots associated with the flares, those
	links will be above the event number.

Sorting output

The result of your search will be sorted in ascending order.  

If you use the advanced search, you can sort by:  

Time
Peak rate
Total counts
Flare duration
BATSE burst trigger
BATSE flare number
 

The basic search will give you the following sort options:

Time
Flare duration
BATSE flare number

Including hypertext links in the search output

You may specify that your output contains hypertext links to the 
	corresponding GIF and PS flare plots from the SDAC archive.