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=====================================
Correcting for Instrument Degradation
=====================================

This example demonstrates how to correct an AIA image
to account for the degradation of the telescopes over time.


.. code-block:: default


    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import astropy.units as u
    import astropy.time
    from astropy.visualization import ImageNormalize, SqrtStretch, time_support
    from sunpy.net import Fido, attrs
    import sunpy.map

    from aiapy.calibrate import correct_degradation
    from aiapy.calibrate.util import get_correction_table



The performance of the AIA telescope is degrading over time,
leading to the resulting images becoming increasingly dim. We
can correct for this by modeling the degradation over time and
then dividing the image intensity by this correction.

First, let's fetch one 335 Å AIA observation from the
`Virtual Solar Observatory <https://sdac.virtualsolar.org/cgi/search>`_
for every other year between 2010 and 2018 and create a list of `
~sunpy.map.Map` objects. We choose the 335 Å channel because it has
experienced significant degradation compared to the other EUV channels.


.. code-block:: default

    q = Fido.search(
        attrs.Time('2010-06-01T00:00:00', '2018-06-01T00:00:00'),
        attrs.Sample(2*u.year),
        attrs.Instrument('AIA'),
        attrs.Wavelength(335*u.angstrom),
    )
    maps = sunpy.map.Map(sorted(Fido.fetch(q)))


Next, we can pass each map to the `~aiapy.calibrate.correct_degradation`
function. This function calculates the time-dependent correction factor
based on the time and wavelength of the observation, divides the intensity
by the correction factor, and returns a new corrected map. For more details
on how the correction factor is calculated, see the documentation for the
`~aiapy.calibrate.degradation` function.


.. code-block:: default

    correction_table = get_correction_table()
    maps_corrected = [correct_degradation(m, correction_table=correction_table) for m in maps]


Let's plot the uncorrected and corrected images for each year to show the
degradation over time.


.. code-block:: default

    norm = ImageNormalize(vmin=0, vmax=1e2, stretch=SqrtStretch())
    fig = plt.figure(figsize=(len(maps), 2))
    for i, (m, mc) in enumerate(zip(maps, maps_corrected)):
        ax = fig.add_subplot(2, len(maps), i+1, projection=m)
        m.plot(axes=ax, norm=norm, annotate=False)
        ax.set_title(m.date.datetime.year)
        ax.coords[0].set_ticks_visible(False)
        ax.coords[0].set_ticklabel_visible(False)
        ax.coords[1].set_ticks_visible(False)
        ax.coords[1].set_ticklabel_visible(False)
        ax = fig.add_subplot(2, len(maps), i+1+len(maps), projection=mc)
        mc.plot(axes=ax, norm=norm, annotate=False,)
        ax.coords[0].set_ticks_visible(False)
        ax.coords[0].set_ticklabel_visible(False)
        ax.coords[1].set_ticks_visible(False)
        ax.coords[1].set_ticklabel_visible(False)


The effect of the degradation correction is more easily seen in the
total flux as a function of time.


.. code-block:: default

    flux_corrected = u.Quantity([m.data.sum() for m in maps_corrected])
    flux_uncorrected = u.Quantity([m.data.sum() for m in maps])
    time = astropy.time.Time([m.date for m in maps])
    time_support()
    fig = plt.figure()
    ax = fig.gca()
    ax.plot(time, flux_uncorrected, label='uncorrected', marker='o')
    ax.plot(time, flux_corrected, label='corrected', marker='o')
    ax.set_xlabel('Time')
    ax.set_ylabel('Total Intensity [DN]')
    ax.legend(frameon=False)


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