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AutoTAB is a state-of-the-art, fully automatic algorithm that tracks the Bipolar Magnetic Regions (BMRs) in magnetogram observations. AutoTAB employs identified BMR regions from Line-of-Sight magnetograms from MDI and HMI (1996--2022) to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-17 Anu Sreedevi , Bibhuti Kumar Jha , Bidya Binay Karak , Dipankar Banerjee

Bipolar Magnetic Regions (BMRs) that appear on the solar photosphere are surface manifestations of the Suns internal magnetic field. With modern observations and continuous data streams, the study of BMRs has moved from manual sunspot…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-19 Anu Sreedevi , Bidya Binay Karak , Bibhuti Kumar Jha , Rambahadur Gupta , Dipankar Banerjee

Bipolar magnetic regions (BMRs) are the cornerstone of solar variability. They are tracers of the large-scale magnetic processes that give rise to the solar cycle, shapers of the solar corona, building blocks of the large-scale solar…

Using the observations from Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI) onboard Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), we develop a computational algorithm to automatically identify the bipolar magnetic regions (BMRs) in the active regions, and then…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-10 Dong Li

The tilt of the bipolar magnetic region (BMR) is crucial in the Babcock-Leighton process for the generation of the poloidal magnetic field in the Sun. We extend the work of Jha et al. (2020) and analyze the recently reported tracked BMR…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-25 Bibhuti Kumar Jha , Anu B. Sreedevi , Bidya Binay Karak , Dipankar Banerjee

One of the intriguing mechanisms of the Sun is the formation of the bipolar magnetic regions (BMRs) in the solar convection zone which are observed as regions of concentrated magnetic fields of opposite polarity on photosphere. These BMRs…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-19 Anu Sreedevi , Bibhuti Kumar Jha , Bidya Binay Karak , Dipankar Banerjee

Solar magnetic synoptic charts obtained by NSO/Kitt Peak and SOHO/MDI are analyzed for studying the appearance of bipolar magnetic regions (BMRs) during solar minima. As a result, we find the emergence of long-lived BMRs has three typical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Wenbin Song , Xueshang Feng

We present an automated system for detecting, tracking, and cataloging emerging active regions throughout their evolution and decay using SOHO Michelson Doppler Interferometer (MDI) magnetograms. The SolarMonitor Active Region Tracking…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-07-01 Paul A. Higgins , Peter T. Gallagher , R. T. James McAteer , D. Shaun Bloomfield

Solar active regions (ARs) determine solar polar fields and cause solar cycle variability within the framework of the Babcock-Leighton (BL) dynamo. The contribution of an AR to the polar field is measured by its dipole field, which results…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-03 Ruihui Wang , Jie Jiang , Yukun Luo

We model the physical parameters of Solar Cycles 23 and 24 using a nonlinear dynamical mean-field dynamo model that includes the formation and evolution of bipolar magnetic regions (BMR). The Parker-type dynamo model consists of a complete…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-24 V. V. Pipin , A. G. Kosovichev , V. E. Tomin

Since the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) began recording ~ 1 TB of data per day, there has been an increased need to automatically extract features and events for further analysis. Here we compare the overall detection performance,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-05 Cis Verbeeck , Paul A. Higgins , Tufan Colak , Fraser T. Watson , Veronique Delouille , Benjamin Mampaey , Rami Qahwaji

We investigate how representing active regions with bipolar magnetic regions (BMRs) affects the end-of-cycle polar field predicted by the surface flux transport model. Our study is based on a new database of BMRs derived from the SDO/HMI…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-09 A. R. Yeates

The automated detection of solar features is a technique which is relatively underused but if we are to keep up with the flow of data from spacecraft such as the recently launched Solar Dynamics Observatory, then such techniques will be…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Fraser Watson , Lyndsay Fletcher

Magnetic Bright Points (MBPs) in the internetwork are among the smallest objects in the solar photosphere and appear bright against the ambient environment. An algorithm is presented that can be used for the automated detection of the MBPs…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 P. J. Crockett , D. B. Jess , M. Mathioudakis , F. P. Keenan

Recent studies indicate that a small number of rogue solar active regions (ARs) may have a significant impact on the end-of-cycle polar field and the long-term behavior of solar activity. The impact of individual ARs can be qualified based…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-13 Ruihui Wang , Jie Jiang , Yukun Luo

Feature tracking and recognition are increasingly common tools for data analysis, but are typically implemented on an ad-hoc basis by individual research groups, limiting the usefulness of derived results when selection effects and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 C. E. DeForest , H. J. Hagenaar , D. A. Lamb , C. E. Parnell , B. T. Welsch

In this dataset we provide a comprehensive collection of magnetograms (images quantifying the strength of the magnetic field) from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). The dataset…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-13 Laura E. Boucheron , Ty Vincent , Jeremy A. Grajeda , Ellery Wuest

The origin of cycle-to-cycle variations in solar activity is currently the focus of much interest. It has recently been pointed out that large individual active regions with atypical properties can have a significant impact on the long term…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-07 Melinda Nagy , Alexandre Lemerle , François Labonville , Kristóf Petrovay , Paul Charbonneau

Finding the formation mechanisms for bipolar configurations of strong local magnetic field under control of the relatively weak global magnetic field of the Sun is a key problem of the physics of solar activity. This study is aimed at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-19 A. V. Getling , A. A. Buchnev

The evolution of solar surface magnetic fields is essential for understanding solar activity and the underlying dynamic process. The surface flux transport (SFT) model is a widely used and effective tool for simulating this evolution.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-07 Yukun Luo , Jie Jiang , Ruihui Wang
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