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Column Headers:

Start: UTC start time of observation set
Δt: Duration of continuous temporal coverage in minutes
Obs: Number of individual Observation IDs in set
Frq: Number of frequency channel configurations
Cal%: Percentage of individual coarse channel observations with calibrator observations within 12 hours
Q%: Percentage of "useable" Obs IDs (Quality = Good and Files ≠ 0)
Radio Bursts: Number of bursts in the daily NOAA event reports

II: Slow drift sweep-frequency radio burst
III: Fast drift sweep-frequency radio burst
IV: Broadband smooth continuum sweep-frequency burst
V: Brief continuum burst, generally associated with type III bursts
VI: Series of Type III bursts over a period of 10 minutes or more, with no period longer than 30 minutes without activity
VII: Series of Type III and Type V bursts over a period of 10 minutes or more, with no period longer than 30 minutes without activity
CTM: Broadband, long-lived, decametric continuum sweep-frequency burst
RBR: Fixed-frequency radio burst
RNS: Radio noise storm
All: Total of the above types

Flares: Number GOES X-ray flares
Max: Maximum flare class
CMEs: Number of LASCO Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) via the CACTus Catalog (beginning 2 hours prior to start)
HEK Events: Selected events/features from the Heliophysics Event Knowledgebase (HEK)

ER: Eruptions, mainly automatically detected using the AIA/304 (may be multiple entries for 1 event)
FE: Filiment eruptions
CW: Coronal (EUV) Waves
CJ: Coronal jets and spray surges
AR: Active regions (including only NOAA-numbered regions)
EF: Emerging flux regions

Additional Features:

Drop down field: icons activate a drop-down field containing additional details:

Observation IDs: Range of observation IDs in set, linked to MWA metadata search site
Channels: Coarse channel list preceded by the number of Obs IDs with that setting
Calibration Obs: Number of calibration obs within 12 hrs, linked to MWA metadata search site
- List of the "best" 4 calibrator obs, ranked by coarse channel coverage and time offset
Context: Links to date-specific context plots showing combined radio dynamic spectra, solar images, and intensity/particle plots
NOAA Event Report: Excerpt of event report for time range, including all event types (key)
CACTus CME Catalog: Computer Aided CME Tracking (CACTus) entries for time range, including links to movies
ARBIS Results: Automated Radio Burst Identification System (ARBIS) results (note that 1 count may refer to multiple bursts within a short timespan, see log link for details)
HEK Events: Details and links for the Heliophysics Event Knowledgebase (HEK) features/events.

Column sorting: Each column may be used to sort the catalog by clicking the column headers.
Search bar: May be used to filter using terms in the drop down field or to search by Obs ID. For example:

1130650440 ⇒ Set containing that Observation ID
III/3 ⇒ "Major" Type III bursts (/[1,2,3] indicates burst intensity in the NOAA reports)
BSL ⇒ Bright surges on the limb (can be used to find radio bursts associated with surges)

							Radio Bursts													HEK
	UTC Start	Δt (min)	Obs	Frq	Cal%	Q%	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	CTM	RBR	RNS	All	Flares	Max	CMEs	ER	FE	CW	CJ	AR	EF	ObsIDs	Row Details