PUNCH Community Sandbox Meetups
Come Play in the PUNCH Sandbox! Get to know PUNCH data and have your questions answered by the experts.
At our Sandbox Meetups, members of our PUNCH Science Operations Center (SOC) and Science Team will be on hand to describe the latest in PUNCH Data capabilities and tools, and to join you in a discussion of the latest science using PUNCH. We will start with presentations and then use virtual breakout rooms for small group interactions.
UPCOMING: November 5, 2026 9-11 AM Colorado time
Please join us for our next PUNCH Sandbox for an opportunity to play with the latest updated PUNCH data and the brand new "HelioFITS Studio" tool (an extension of JHelioviewer designed by C. Gilly) which facilitates connections between PUNCH data and other ground- and space-based observations.
Joining our meetings
The link to the Community Sandbox Meetup will be sent to the punch-science mailing list on the Monday of the meeting week, and this list will also receive invitations to all future Sandbox meetups. If you are not on this list and want to receive the link and these invitations, please contact punch-help@lists.swri.org.
Past Meetings
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The meeting was from 9:00-12:00 (Colorado time) on Thursday, August 21, 2025. We started with presentations and then used virtual breakout rooms for small group interactions.
Presentations
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- August 21, 2025, C. Deforest (PPT, 571 MB | YouTube video), The PUNCH Mission
- August 21, 2025, Marcus Hughes (representing the PUNCH SOC) (PPT, 1.5 GB | YouTube video), Play in the PUNCH Sandbox
- August 21, 2025, C. Lowder, M. Hughes (representing the PUNCH SOC) (PDF, 2 MB | YouTube video), PUNCH Data Scavenger Hunt
For access to the Python notebooks described in this video and presentations, please contact us.
The meeting was from 9:00-12:00 (Colorado time) on Thursday, October 30, 2025.
Presentations
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- YouTube video of entire meeting
- October 30, 2025, C. DeForest (PPT, 559 MB) PUNCH Mission Update
- October 30, 2025, C. M. Hughes (PPT, 151 MB) Data Update
- October 30, 2025, The August 30 Sun to Earth Event (Relevant section of meeting's YouTube video)
For access to the Python notebooks described in this video and presentations, please contact us.
The meeting was from 9:00-12:00 (Colorado time) on Thursday, April 2, 2026.
Presentations
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- YouTube video of entire meeting
- April 2, 2026, C. DeForest (PPT, 398 MB) PUNCH Mission Update
- April 2, 2026, C. M. Hughes (PPT, 454 MB) SOC Update
- April 2, 2026, C. Lowder (Python Collab Notebook) Working with PUNCH Data
- April 2, 2026, R. Patel (Python Collab Notebook) PUNCH Sandbox Demo: From Images to J-maps and CME Kinematics
- April 2, 2026, D. Webb (PPT, 23 MB) Constructing Height-Time-Radius Maps
