Solar Image Analysis and Visualization

J. Ireland, C. A. Young (eds.)9780387981543, 0387981543

This volume presents a selection of papers on the state of the art of image enhancement, automated feature detection, machine learning, and visualization tools in support of solar physics that focus on the challenges presented by new ground-based and space-based instrumentation. The articles and topics were inspired by the Third Solar Image Processing Workshop, held at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland but contributions from other experts have been included as well.

This book is mainly aimed at researchers and graduate students working on image processing and compter vision in astronomy and solar physics.

Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages i-iv
Preface: A Topical Issue on Solar Image Analysis and Visualization….Pages 1-1
FESTIVAL: A Multiscale Visualization Tool for Solar Imaging Data….Pages 3-14
Visualization of Distributed Solar Data and Metadata with the Solar Weather Browser….Pages 15-22
Widespread Occurrence of Trenching Patterns in the Granulation Field: Evidence for Roll Convection?….Pages 23-35
Principal Components and Independent Component Analysis of Solar and Space Data….Pages 37-51
Automatic Recognition and Characterisation of Supergranular Cells from Photospheric Velocity Fields….Pages 53-65
Automated McIntosh-Based Classification of Sunspot Groups Using MDI Images….Pages 67-86
Multifractal Properties of Evolving Active Regions….Pages 87-99
Multiscale Analysis of Active Region Evolution….Pages 101-112
A Comparison of Feature Classification Methods for Modeling Solar Irradiance Variation….Pages 113-127
The Observed Long- and Short-Term Phase Relation between the Toroidal and Poloidal Magnetic Fields in Cycle 23….Pages 129-148
Comparison of Five Numerical Codes for Automated Tracing of Coronal Loops….Pages 149-167
Segmentation of Loops from Coronal EUV Images….Pages 169-183
The Pixelised Wavelet Filtering Method to Study Waves and Oscillations in Time Sequences of Solar Atmospheric Images….Pages 185-198
A Time-Evolving 3D Method Dedicated o the Reconstruction of Solar Plumes and Results Using Extreme Ultraviolet Data….Pages 199-213
Automatic Detection and Classification of Coronal Holes and Filaments Based on EUV and Magnetogram Observations of the Solar Disk….Pages 215-229
Spatial and Temporal Noise in Solar EUV Observations….Pages 231-245
Multiscale Edge Detection in the Corona….Pages 247-259
Automated Prediction of CMEs Using Machine Learning of CME – Flare Associations….Pages 261-273
Automatic Detection and Tracking of Coronal Mass Ejections in Coronagraph Time Series….Pages 275-289