Preserving a unique archive for long-term solar variability studies

The McIntosh Archive consists of hand-drawn solar Carrington maps created by Patrick McIntosh from 1964 to 2009, using H, He 10830 angstrom, and photospheric magnetic measurements to trace polarity inversion lines, filaments, sunspots, and plage and coronal holes, yielding a unique 45year record of the evolution of the solar magnetic field. We discuss our efforts to preserve and digitize this archive.

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Author Webb, D. F.
Gibson, Sarah E.
Hewins, Ian M.
McFadden, Robert
Emery, Barbara A.
Denig, W.
McIntosh, P. S.
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - Library
Publication Date 2017-11-01T00:00:00
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Metadata Date 2025-07-11T19:44:33.139962
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Suggested Citation Webb, D. F., Gibson, Sarah E., Hewins, Ian M., McFadden, Robert, Emery, Barbara A., Denig, W., McIntosh, P. S.. (2017). Preserving a unique archive for long-term solar variability studies. UCAR/NCAR - Library. https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7xs5z1c. Accessed 03 November 2025.

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