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We consider the problem of automatically (and robustly) isolating and extracting information about waves and oscillations observed in EUV image sequences of the solar corona with a view to near real-time application to data from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Scott W. McIntosh , Bart De Pontieu , Steven Tomczyk

We describe a method for the automatic mapping of coronal holes (CH) using simultaneous multi-instrument EUV imaging data. Synchronized EUV images from STEREO/EUVI A&B 195A and SDO/AIA 193A are preprocessed, including PSF deconvolution and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-26 R. M. Caplan , C. Downs , J. L. Linker

Coronal holes (CH) are regions of open magnetic fields that appear as dark areas in the solar corona due to their low density and temperature compared to the surrounding quiet corona. To date, accurate identification and segmentation of CHs…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-15 Tadhg M. Garton , Peter T. Gallagher , Sophie A. Murray

Coronal Holes (CHs) are large-scale, low-density regions in the solar atmosphere which may expel high-speed solar wind streams that incite hazardous, geomagnetic storms. Coronal and solar wind models can predict these high-speed streams and…

We propose and test a wavelet transform modulus maxima method for the au- tomated detection and extraction of coronal loops in extreme ultraviolet images of the solar corona. This method decomposes an image into a number of size scales and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-17 R. T. James McAteer , Pierre Kestener , Alain Arneodo , Andre Khalil

Filaments may be mistaken for coronal holes when observed in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) images; however, a closer and more careful look reveals that their photometric properties are different. The combination of EUV images with photospheric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-04 Judith Palacios , Consuelo Cid , Elena Saiz , Yolanda Cerrato , Antonio Guerrero

Coronal holes (CHs) are magnetically open regions that allow hot coronal plasma to escape from the Sun and form the high-speed solar wind. This wind can interact with Earth's magnetic field. For this reason, developing an accurate…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-16 Jeremy A. Grajeda , Laura E. Boucheron , Michael S. Kirk , Andrew Leisner , C. Nick Arge , Jaime A. Landeros

We present a concept study of a solar wind forecasting method for Earth, based on persistence modeling from STEREO in-situ measurements combined with multi-viewpoint EUV observational data. By comparing the fractional areas of coronal holes…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-01 M. Temmer , J. Hinterreiter , M. A. Reiss

Coronal holes (CHs) are low-activity, low-density solar coronal regions with open magnetic field lines (Cranmer 2009). In the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) spectrum, CHs appear as dark patches. Using daily hand-drawn maps from the Space Weather…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-19 Cutter Beck , Evan Smith , Khagendra Katuwal , Rudra Kafle , Jacob Whitehill

The detection and analysis of the solar coronal holes (CHs) is an important field of study in the domain of solar physics. Mainly, it is required for the proper prediction of the geomagnetic storms which directly or indirectly affect…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-28 Sanmoy Bandyopadhyay , Suman Kundu

A hybrid machine learning model which combines a shallow convolutional neural network and a long short-term memory network (CNN--LSTM), has been developed to automate the detection of kink oscillations in coronal plasma loops within large…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-19 Sergey A. Belov , Yu Zhong , Dmitrii Y. Kolotkov , Valery M. Nakariakov

Coronal holes are large-scale structures in the solar atmosphere that feature a reduced temperature and density in comparison to the surrounding quiet Sun and are usually associated with open magnetic fields. We perform a differential…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-01 Stephan G. Heinemann , Jonas Saqri , Astrid M. Veronig , Stefan J. Hofmeister , Manuela Temmer

We investigate the evolution of a well-observed, long-lived, low-latitude coronal hole (CH) over 10 solar rotations in the year 2012. By combining EUV imagery from STEREO-A/B and SDO we are able to track and study the entire evolution of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-01 S. G. Heinemann , M. Temmer , S. J. Hofmeister , A. M. Veronig , S. Vennerstroem

In the era of space exploration, the implications of space weather have become increasingly evident. Central to this is the phenomenon of coronal holes, which can significantly influence the functioning of satellites and aircraft. These…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-24 Juyoung Yun

With the advent of deep learning for computer vision tasks, the need for accurately labeled data in large volumes is vital for any application. The increasingly available large amounts of solar image data generated by the Solar Dynamic…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-04-01 Toqi Tahamid Sarker , Juan M. Banda

This study proposes an efficient neural network with convolutional layers to classify significantly class-imbalanced clinical data. The data are curated from the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES) with the goal of…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2020-04-24 Aniruddha Dutta , Tamal Batabyal , Meheli Basu , Scott T. Acton

Computed tomography (CT) generates a stack of cross-sectional images covering a region of the body. The visual assessment of these images for the identification of potential abnormalities is a challenging and time consuming task due to the…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2016-10-03 Petros-Pavlos Ypsilantis , Giovanni Montana

Objective: In clinical practice, small lung nodules can be easily overlooked by radiologists. The paper aims to provide an efficient and accurate detection system for small lung nodules while keeping good performance for large nodules.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-09 Sunyi Zheng , Ludo J. Cornelissen , Xiaonan Cui , Xueping Jing , Raymond N. J. Veldhuis , Matthijs Oudkerk , Peter M. A. van Ooijen

Global coronal models seek to produce an accurate physical representation of the Sun's atmosphere which can be used, for example, to drive space weather models. Assessing their accuracy is a complex task and there are multiple observational…

Through its magnetic activity, the Sun governs the conditions in Earth's vicinity, creating space weather events, which have drastic effects on our space- and ground-based technology. One of the most important solar magnetic features…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-18 Fadil Inceoglu , Yuri Y. Shprits , Stephan G. Heinemann , Stefano Bianco