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Solar Songs

Solar wind data from the ACE-SEPICA spacecraft is mapped to pitches out of a 45 note "major" musical scale using logarithmic scales. Different instruments represent different data parameters.

Coming Soon: MP3 samples of selected songs! 

Track listing:

1. Ratio of iron (Fe) to oxygen (0). Single ratio values are played through multiple instruments in an orchestra. (1:51)
2. Same as 1, but played by a single harp (1:51)
3. Concentrations of iron (left oboe) and oxygen (right oboe) (1:52)
4. DE 2 energy as violin (1:52)
5. DE 3 energy as string section (1:52)
6. 2 through 5 combined (1:51)
7. Q charge state in subsecond resolution (10:00)