Solar Image Analysis and Visualization

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ireland, J. (Editor), Young, C. A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Subjects: Physics.; Computer vision.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Image Processing and Computer Vision.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-98154-3

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 top...

Table of Contents:

• Preface: A Topical Issue on Solar Image Analysis and Visualization
• FESTIVAL: A Multiscale Visualization Tool for Solar Imaging Data
• Visualization of Distributed Solar Data and Metadata with the Solar Weather Browser
• Widespread Occurrence of Trenching Patterns in the Granulation Field: Evidence for Roll Convection?
• Principal Components and Independent Component Analysis of Solar and Space Data
• Automatic Recognition and Characterisation of Supergranular Cells from Photospheric Velocity Fields
• Automated McIntosh-Based Classification of Sunspot Groups Using MDI Images
• Multifractal Properties of Evolving Active Regions
• Multiscale Analysis of Active Region Evolution
• A Comparison of Feature Classification Methods for Modeling Solar Irradiance Variation.