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A system for near real-time detection of filament eruptions at Kanzelhöhe Observatory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2014

Werner Pötzi
Affiliation:
University of Graz, Institue of Physics, IGAM-Kanzelhöhe Observatory, Austria
Gernot Riegler
Affiliation:
Technical university of Graz, Institue for Computer Graphics and Vision, Austria
Astrid Veronig
Affiliation:
University of Graz, Institue of Physics, IGAM-Kanzelhöhe Observatory, Austria
Thomas Pock
Affiliation:
Technical university of Graz, Institue for Computer Graphics and Vision, Austria
Ute Möstl
Affiliation:
University of Graz, Institue of Physics, IGAM-Kanzelhöhe Observatory, Austria
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Abstract

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Kanzelhöhe Observatory (kso.ac.at) performs regular high-cadence full-disk observations of the solar chromosphere in the Hα and CaIIK spectral lines as well as the solar photosphere in white-light. In the frame of ESA's Space Situational Awareness (SSA) activities, a new system for near real-time Hα image provision through the SSA Space Weather (SWE) portal (swe.ssa.esa.int) and for automatic alerting of flares and erupting filaments is under development. Image segmentation algorithms, based on optical flow image registration, for the automatic detection of solar filaments in real time Hα images have been developed and implemented at the Kanzelhöhe observing system. We present first results of this system with respect to the automatic recognition and segmentation of filaments and filament eruptions on the Sun.

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Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013 

References

Riegler, G., Pock, T., Pötzi, W., & Veronig, A. 2013, arXiv:1304.7132Google Scholar