This set of codes is intended to be used for forward modeling of various coronal observables, and 
for accessing and comparing to existing data.  Given a coronal model, many different synthetic
observables (including Stokes profiles) may be produced, as well as plots of model plasma propeties 
(density, magnetic field, etc.)

FORWARD enables "forward-fitting" of specific observations, and helps to build intuition into 
how physical properties of coronal plasma translate to observable properties.

FORWARD includes several analytic models in its distribution, and it is straightforward 
to expand it to incorporate others.  It works with user-inputted numerical simulation datacubes, 
and automatically interfaces with the Solar Soft IDL PFSS SolarSoft package and
Magnetohydrodynamics on a Sphere (MAS)-corona datacubes.  

FORWARD includes routines to reproduce data from EUV/Xray imagers, UV/EUV spectrometers, white-light coronagraphs, 
and radio polarimeters.  It utilizes the  Chianti database in modeling UV/EUV lines, and links to the 
CLE polarimetry synthesis code for forbidden coronal lines to generate Stokes polarimetric observables. 
Finally, FORWARD connects to the  Virtual Solar Observatory to download data in a format directly comparable to model predictions.