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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…

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

Solar image analysis relies on the detection of coronal holes for predicting disruptions to earth's magnetic field. The coronal holes act as sources of solar wind that can reach the earth. Thus, coronal holes are used in physical models for…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-21 Venkatesh Jatla

Current coronal holes segmentation methods typically rely on image thresholding and require non-trivial image pre- and post-processing. We have trained a neural network that accurately isolates CHs from SDO/AIA 193 Angstrom solar disk…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-17 E. Illarionov , A. Tlatov

Coronal Holes (CHs) are regions of open magnetic field lines, resulting in high speed solar wind. Accurate detection of CHs is vital for space weather prediction. This paper presents an intramethod ensemble for coronal hole detection based…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-08 Jeremy A. Grajeda , Laura E. Boucheron , Michael S. Kirk , Andrew Leisner , C. Nick Arge

The solar surface and atmosphere are highly dynamic plasma environments, which evolve over a wide range of temporal and spatial scales. Large-scale eruptions, such as coronal mass ejections, can be accelerated to millions of kilometres per…

The paper presents the results from a multi-year effort to develop and validate image processing methods for selecting the best physical models based on solar image observations. The approach consists of selecting the physical models based…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-01-06 V. Jatla , M. S. Pattichis , C. N. Arge

An application of active contours without edges is presented as an efficient and effective means of extracting and characterizing coronal holes. Coronal holes are regions of low-density plasma on the Sun with open magnetic field lines. As…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-05 L. E. Boucheron , M. Valluri , R. T. J. McAteer

In the era of space exploration, coronal holes on the sun play a significant role due to their impact on satellites and aircraft through their open magnetic fields and increased solar wind emissions. This study employs computer vision…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-01 Juyoung Yun , Jungmin Shin

Coronal holes (CH) are regions of open magnetic field lines in the solar corona and the source of fast solar wind. Understanding the evolution of coronal holes is critical for solar magnetism as well as for accurate space weather forecasts.…

Space Physics · Physics 2018-05-02 Amr Hamada , Timo Asikainen , Ilpo Virtanen , Kalevi Mursula

Identification of solar coronal holes (CHs) provides information both for operational space weather forecasting and long-term investigation of solar activity. Source data for the first problem are typically most recent solar disk…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-18 Egor Illarionov , Alexander Kosovichev , Andrey Tlatov

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 develop a reliable, fully automatic method for the detection of coronal holes, that provides consistent full-disk segmentation maps over the full solar cycle and can perform in real-time. We use a convolutional neural network to identify…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-09 R. Jarolim , A. M. Veronig , S. Hofmeister , S. G. Heinemann , M. Temmer , T. Podladchikova , K. Dissauer

Medical image segmentation demands an efficient and robust segmentation algorithm against noise. The conventional fuzzy c-means algorithm is an efficient clustering algorithm that is used in medical image segmentation. But FCM is highly…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2010-04-13 S. Zulaikha Beevi , M. Mohammed Sathik , K. Senthamaraikannan

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

We identify coronal holes using a histogram-based intensity thresholding technique and compare their properties to fast solar wind streams at three different points in the heliosphere. The thresholding technique was tested on EUV and X-ray…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-05-13 Larisza D. Krista , Peter T. Gallagher

Solar eruptions such as Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) observed in the inner solar corona (up to 4 R$_{\odot}$) show acceleration profiles which appear as parabolic ridges in height-time plots. Inspired by the white-light automated detection…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-10 Ritesh Patel , Vaibhav Pant , Priyanka Iyer , Dipankar Banerjee , Marilena Mierla , Matthew J. West

A method for automated coronal hole detection using He I 1083 nm spectroheliograms and photospheric magnetograms is presented here. The unique line formation of the helium line allows for the detection of regions associated with solar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. J. Henney , J. W. Harvey

In recent years the role of space weather forecasting has grown tremendously as our society increasingly relies on satellite dependent technologies. The forecasting of flare and CME related transient geomagnetic storms has become a primary…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-17 Larisza Diana Krista

The properties and spatial distribution of large-scale structures of the solar corona determine the observed solar wind structure at 1 au. Coronal holes are a major source of fast solar wind, an important geo-effective component, and appear…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-27 K. H. P. Henadhira Arachchige , B. Perri , A. S. Brun
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