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The space mission Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO) will provide images from two viewpoints. An important aim
of the STEREO mission is to get a 3D view of the solar corona. We develop a program for the stereoscopic reconstruction of
3D coronal loops from images taken with the two STEREO spacecraft. A pure geometric triangulation of coronal features leads
to ambiguities because the dilute plasma emissions complicates the association of features in image 1 with features in image
2. As a consequence of these problems, the stereoscopic reconstruction is not unique and multiple solutions occur. We demonstrate
how these ambiguities can be resolved with the help of different coronal magnetic field models (potential, linear, and non-linear
force-free fields). The idea is that, due to the high conductivity in the coronal plasma, the emitting plasma outlines the
magnetic field lines. Consequently, the 3D coronal magnetic field provides a proxy for the stereoscopy, which allows to eliminate
inconsistent configurations. The combination of stereoscopy and magnetic modelling is more powerful than one of these tools
alone. We test our method with the help of a model active region and plan to apply it to the solar case as soon as STEREO
data become available. 相似文献
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Markus J. Aschwanden 《Solar physics》2005,228(1-2):339-358
EUV images show the solar corona in a typical temperature range of T >rsim 1 MK, which encompasses the most common coronal structures: loops, filaments, and other magnetic structures in active regions,
the quiet Sun, and coronal holes. Quantitative analysis increasingly demands automated 2D feature recognition and 3D reconstruction,
in order to localize, track, and monitor the evolution of such coronal structures. We discuss numerical tools that “fingerprint”
curvi-linear 1D features (e.g., loops and filaments). We discuss existing finger-printing algorithms, such as the brightness-gradient
method, the oriented-connectivity method, stereoscopic methods, time-differencing, and space–time feature recognition. We
discuss improved 2D feature recognition and 3D reconstruction techniques that make use of additional a priori constraints, using guidance from magnetic field extrapolations, curvature radii constraints, and acceleration and velocity
constraints in time-dependent image sequences. Applications of these algorithms aid the analysis of SOHO/EIT, TRACE, and STEREO/SECCHI
data, such as disentangling, 3D reconstruction, and hydrodynamic modeling of coronal loops, postflare loops, filaments, prominences,
and 3D reconstruction of the coronal magnetic field in general. 相似文献
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The heating of the solar corona has been a fundamental astrophysical issue for over sixty years. Over the last decade in particular, space-based solar observatories (Yohkoh, SOHO and TRACE) have revealed the complex and often subtle magnetic-field and plasma interactions throughout the solar atmosphere in unprecedented detail. It is now established that any energy release mechanism is magnetic in origin - the challenge posed is to determine what specific heat input is dominating in a given coronal feature throughout the solar cycle. This review outlines a range of possible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) coronal heating theories, including MHD wave dissipation and MHD reconnection as well as the accumulating observational evidence for quasi-periodic oscillations and small-scale energy bursts occurring in the corona. Also, we describe current attempts to interpret plasma temperature, density and velocity diagnostics in the light of specific localised energy release. The progress in these investigations expected from future solar missions (Solar-B, STEREO, SDO and Solar Orbiter) is also assessed.Received: 6 February 2003, Published online: 14 November 2003
Correspondence to: R. W. Walsh 相似文献
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We present a procedure to extract bright loop features from solar EUV images. In terms of image intensities, these features
are elongated ridge-like intensity maxima. To discriminate the maxima, we need information about the spatial derivatives of
the image intensity. Commonly, the derivative estimates are strongly affected by image noise. We therefore use a regularized
estimation of the derivative, which is then used to interpolate a discrete vector field of ridge points; these “ridgels” are
positioned on the ridge center and have the intrinsic orientation of the local ridge direction. A scheme is proposed to connect
ridgels to smooth, spline-represented curves that fit the observed loops. Finally, a half-automated user interface allows
one to merge or split curves or eliminate or select loop fits obtained from this procedure. In this paper we apply our tool
to one of the first EUV images observed by the SECCHI instrument onboard the recently launched STEREO spacecraft. We compare
the extracted loops with projected field lines computed from near-simultaneous magnetograms measured by the SOHO/MDI Doppler
imager. The field lines were calculated by using a linear force-free field model. This comparison allows one to verify faint
and spurious loop connections produced by our segmentation tool and it also helps to prove the quality of the magnetic-field
model where well-identified loop structures comply with field-line projections. We also discuss further potential applications
of our tool such as loop oscillations and stereoscopy. 相似文献
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We present a method to include stereoscopic information about the three-dimensional structure of flux tubes into the reconstruction of the coronal magnetic field. Due to the low plasma beta in the corona we can assume a force-free magnetic field, with the current density parallel to the magnetic field lines. Here we use linear force-free fields for simplicity. The method uses the line-of-sight magnetic field on the photosphere as observational input. The value of is determined iteratively by comparing the reconstructed magnetic field with the observed structures. The final configuration is the optimal linear force-free solution constrained by both the photospheric magnetogram and the observed plasma structures. As an example we apply our method to SOHO MDI/EIT data of an active region. In the future it is planned to apply the method to analyse data from the SECCHI instrument aboard the STEREO mission. 相似文献
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Markus J. Aschwanden Jong Kwan Lee G. Allen Gary Michael Smith Bernd Inhester 《Solar physics》2008,248(2):359-377
The three-dimensional (3D) modeling of coronal loops and filaments requires algorithms that automatically trace curvilinear
features in solar EUV or soft X-ray images. We compare five existing algorithms that have been developed and customized to
trace curvilinear features in solar images: i) the oriented-connectivity method (OCM), which is an extension of the Strous pixel-labeling algorithm (developed by Lee,
Newman, and Gary); ii) the dynamic aperture-based loop-segmentation method (developed by Lee, Newman, and Gary); iii) unbiased detection of curvilinear structures (developed by Steger, Raghupathy, and Smith); iv) the oriented-direction method (developed by Aschwanden); and v) ridge detection by automated scaling (developed by Inhester). We test the five existing numerical codes with a TRACE image
that shows a bipolar active region and contains over 100 discernable loops. We evaluate the performance of the five codes
by comparing the cumulative distribution of loop lengths, the median and maximum loop length, the completeness or detection
efficiency, the accuracy, and flux sensitivity. These algorithms are useful for the reconstruction of the 3D geometry of coronal
loops from stereoscopic observations with the STEREO spacecraft, or for quantitative comparisons of observed EUV loop geometries
with (nonlinear force-free) magnetic field extrapolation models. 相似文献
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Previous attempts to produce three-dimensional (3-D) reconstructions of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) have required either
modeling efforts or comparisons with secondary associated eruptions near the solar surface. This is because coronagraphs are
only able to produce sky-plane-projected images of CMEs and it has hence been impossible to overcome projection effects by
using coronagraphs alone. The SECCHI suite aboard the twin STEREO spacecraft allows us to provide the means for 3-D reconstruction
of CMEs directly from coronagraph measurements alone for the first time. We present these measurements from two CMEs observed
in November 2007. By identifying common features observed simultaneously with the LASCO coronagraphs aboard SOHO and the COR
coronagraphs aboard STEREO we have triangulated the source region of both CMEs. We present the geometrical analysis required
for this triangulation and identify the location of the CME in solar-meridional, ecliptic, and Carrington coordinates. None
of the two events were associated with an easily detectable solar surface eruption, so this triangulation technique is the
only means by which the source location of these CMEs could be identified. We present evidence that both CMEs originated from
the same magnetic structure on the Sun, but from a different magnetic field configuration. Our results reveal some insight
into the evolution of the high corona magnetic field, including its behavior over time scales of a few days and its reconfiguration
after a major eruption. 相似文献
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Measurement of the coronal magnetic field is a crucial ingredient in understanding the nature of solar coronal phenomena at all scales. We employed STEREO/COR1 data obtained during a deep minimum of solar activity in February 2008 (Carrington Rotation CR 2066) to retrieve and analyze the three-dimensional (3D) coronal electron density in the range of heights from 1.5 to 4 R⊙ using a tomography method. With this, we qualitatively deduced structures of the coronal magnetic field. The 3D electron-density analysis is complemented by the 3D STEREO/EUVI emissivity in the 195 Å band obtained by tomography for the same CR. A global 3D MHD model of the solar corona was used to relate the reconstructed 3D density and emissivity to open/closed magnetic-field structures. We show that the density-maximum locations can serve as an indicator of current-sheet position, while the locations of the density-gradient maximum can be a reliable indicator of coronal-hole boundaries. We find that the magnetic-field configuration during CR 2066 has a tendency to become radially open at heliocentric distances greater than 2.5 R⊙. We also find that the potential-field model with a fixed source surface is inconsistent with the boundaries between the regions with open and closed magnetic-field structures. This indicates that the assumption of the potential nature of the coronal global magnetic field is not satisfied even during the deep solar minimum. Results of our 3D density reconstruction will help to constrain solar coronal-field models and test the accuracy of the magnetic-field approximations for coronal modeling. 相似文献
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Polar plumes appear as elongated objects starting at the solar polar regions. Here we analyze these objects from a sequence of images taken simultaneously by the three spacecraft telescopes STEREO/EUVI A and B, and SOHO/EIT. We establish a method capable of automatically identifying plumes in solar EUV images close to the limb at 1.01?–?1.39?R ⊙ in order to study their temporal evolution. This plume-identification method is based on a multiscale Hough-wavelet analysis. Then two methods to determine the 3D localization and structure of the plumes are discussed: first, tomography using filtered back-projection and including the differential rotation of the Sun and, second, conventional stereoscopic triangulation. We show that tomography and stereoscopy are complementary for studying polar plumes. We also show that this systematic 2D identification and the proposed methods of 3D reconstruction are well suited to identify plumes individually and also to analyze the distribution of plumes and inter-plume regions. Finally, the results are discussed, focusing on plume position and cross-sectional area. 相似文献
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Extreme-ultraviolet data from EIT/SOHO (1996–2002), soft X-ray data from Yohkoh (1991–2001), and magnetic field data from MDI/SOHO (1996–2002) and Kitt Peak Observatory, NSO/NOAO (1991–2002) are analyzed
together in the form of synoptic maps for the investigation of solar cycle variations of the corona and their relation to
the magnetic field. These results show new interesting relations between the evolution of the topological structure of the
corona, coronal heating and the large-scale magnetic field. The long-lived coronal structures are related to complexes of
solar activity and display quasi-periodic behavior (in the form of impulses of coronal activity) with periods of 1.0–1.5 year,
in the axisymmetric distribution of EUV and X-ray fluxes during the current solar cycle 23. In particular, during the second
maximum of this cycle the solar corona became somewhat hotter than it was in the period of the first maximum. 相似文献
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One of the fundamental questions in solar physics is how the solar corona maintains its high temperature of several million Kelvin above photosphere with a temperature of 6000 K. Observations show that solar coronal heating problem is highly complex with many different facts. It is likely that different heating mechanisms are at work in the solar corona. The separate kinds of coronal loops may also be heated by different mechanisms. Using data from instruments onboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) and from the more recent Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) scientists have identified small regions of mixed polarity, termed magnetic carpet contributing to solar activity on a short time scale. Magnetic loops of all sizes rise into the solar corona, arising from regions of opposite magnetic polarity in the photosphere. Energy released when oppositely directed magnetic fields meet in the corona is one likely cause for coronal heating. There is enough energy coming up from the loops of the “magnetic carpet” to heat the corona to its known temperature. 相似文献
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By comparing TRACE 171 Å observations with photospheric magnetograms, we find that the root of TRACE 171 Å emission is centered in magnetic elements in simultaneous Huairou photospheric magnetogram and the luminosity of TRACE 171 Å emission is not always in proportion to the strength of the corresponding photospheric magnetic field. While TRACE emission from an active region shows an obvious upward extension as a whole, fibril-like emissions from network elements show little extension along the structure from the root of each emission to 40′′ higher up in the solar atmosphere. Together with previous studies by Zhang and Zhang (1999, 2000), it is suggested that the magnetic fields in active regions and quiet-Sun regions present different spatial structures from the solar photosphere to the chromosphere and maybe even in the corona. 相似文献
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Data from the STEREO (Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory) mission are intensively used for 3D reconstruction of solar coronal structures. After the launch of the SDO (Solar Dynamic Observatory) satellite, its additional observations give the possibility to have a third eye for more accurate 3D reconstruction in the very low corona (<?1.5?R ??). With our reconstruction code MBSR (Multi-view B-spline Stereoscopic Reconstruction), we use three view directions (STEREO A, B, and SDO) to perform the 3D reconstruction and evolution of a prominence which triggered a CME on 1 August 2010. In the paper we present the reconstruction of this prominence from the moment it starts to erupt until it leaves the field of view of the coronagraph. We also determine the evolution of the leading edge of the CME. Based on the temporal evolution, we analyze some of its properties, such as velocity, acceleration, opening and rotation angles and evolution of the cavity. 相似文献
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The structure of the solar corona is dominated by the magnetic field because the magnetic pressure is about four orders of
magnitude higher than the plasma pressure. Due to the high conductivity the emitting coronal plasma (visible, e.g., in SOHO/EIT)
outlines the magnetic field lines. The gradient of the emitting plasma structures is significantly lower parallel to the magnetic
field lines than in the perpendicular direction. Consequently information regarding the coronal magnetic field can be used
for the interpretation of coronal plasma structures. We extrapolate the coronal magnetic field from photospheric magnetic
field measurements into the corona. The extrapolation method depends on assumptions regarding coronal currents, e.g., potential
fields (current-free) or force-free fields (current parallel to magnetic field). As a next step we project the reconstructed
3D magnetic field lines on an EIT-image and compare with the emitting plasma structures. Coronal loops are identified as closed
magnetic field lines with a high emissivity in EIT and a small gradient of the emissivity along the magnetic field. 相似文献
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Recent space missions have changed our view of the solar transition region. In particular the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric
Observatory (SOHO) and NASA's TRACE satellite have provided a unique opportunity to explore the solar atmosphere in detail.
The combination of high spatial, spectral and temporal observations has made it possible to derive three dimensional images
of the emission and velocity structures of solar features. Active region loop structures at transition region temperatures
appear to be extremely time variable and dynamic, a result with profound implications for our understanding and modeling of
the upper solar atmosphere. Large Dopplershifts have also been observed in these structures. A 3-minute transition region
oscillation has been observed above sunspots suggesting upward-propagating acoustic waves. Clear evidence of velocity oscillations
in the internetwork regions has also been observed in both the chromosphere and the transition region. The longstanding and
puzzling problem of the apparent net red shift of emission lines from the transition region has been revisited. The extensive
wavelength coverage of the SOHO spectrometers has made it possible to extend the measurements to much higher temperatures
compared to previous instruments. The combination of magnetograms, EUV spectral imaging and the high resolution broad-band
images from TRACE has also given us new insight concerning the structure of the transition region and its relation with the
photospheric magnetic field.
Supplementary material to this paper is available in electronic form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1005224709046 相似文献
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We undertake a first attempt towards a consistent reconstruction of the coronal magnetic field and the coronal density structure. We consider a stationary solar corona which has to obey the equations of magnetohydrostatics. We solve these equations with help of a newly developed optimization scheme. As a first step we illustrate how tomographic information can be included into the reconstruction of coronal magnetic fields. In a second step we use coronal magnetic field information to improve the tomographic inversion process. As input the scheme requires magnetic field measurements on the photosphere from vector-magnetographs and the line-of-sight integrated density distribution from coronagraphs. We test our codes with well-known analytic magnetohydrostatic equilibria and models. The program is planned for use within the STEREO mission. 相似文献
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J. G. Luhmann C. O. Lee Yan Li C. N. Arge A. B. Galvin K. Simunac C. T. Russell R. A. Howard G. Petrie 《Solar physics》2009,256(1-2):285-305
The declining phases of solar cycles are known for their high speed solar wind streams that dominate the geomagnetic responses during this period. Outstanding questions about these streams, which can provide the fastest winds of the solar cycle, concern their solar origins, persistence, and predictability. The declining phase of cycle 23 has lasted significantly longer than the corresponding phases of the previous two cycles. Solar magnetograph observations suggest that the solar polar magnetic field is also ～?2?–?3 times weaker. The launch of STEREO in late 2006 provided additional incentive to examine the origins of what is observed at 1 AU in the recent cycle, with the OMNI data base at the NSSDC available as an Earth/L1 baseline for comparisons. Here we focus on the year 2007 when the solar corona exhibited large, long-lived mid-to-low latitude coronal holes and polar hole extensions observed by both SOHO and STEREO imagers. STEREO provides in situ measurements consistent with rigidly corotating solar wind stream structure at up to ～?45° heliolongitude separation by late 2007. This stability justifies the use of magnetogram-based steady 3D solar wind models to map the observed high speed winds back to their coronal sources. We apply the WSA solar wind model currently running at the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center with the expectation that it should perform its best at this quiet time. The model comparisons confirm the origins of the observed high speed streams expected from the solar images, but also reveal uncertainties in the solar wind source mapping associated with this cycle’s weaker solar polar fields. Overall, the results illustrate the importance of having accurate polar fields in synoptic maps used in solar wind forecast models. At the most fundamental level, they demonstrate the control of the solar polar fields over the high speed wind sources, and thus one specific connection between the solar dynamo and the solar wind character. 相似文献
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W.T. Thompson 《Icarus》2009,200(2):351-357
The bright Kreutz Comet C/2007 L3 (SOHO) entered the fields of view of the twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) COR1 telescopes on 7–8 June 2007. The 12° separation between the two spacecraft at the time afforded the opportunity to derive the position of the comet's tail in three-dimensional space using direct triangulation. The track of the comet's orbit is compared against more traditional orbital calculations using observations from the STEREO COR2 telescopes, and from the Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) aboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). The shape of the comet's tail shows that it is composed of dust particles released when the comet was between 18 and 22 solar radii, with no significant dust production after that. The comet did not survive perihelion passage, but a rare faint remnant of the comet tail persisted for several hours after the break-up, and was seen by both the SOHO and STEREO coronagraphs to drift slowly away from the Sun. This tail remnant was found to be composed of particles far back from the head of the comet. The motion of the tail remnant shows a loss of angular momentum during the passage through the solar corona. Atmospheric drag is estimated to account for a significant fraction of this change in angular momentum, but indications are that other mechanisms may be required to completely account for the total amount of change. 相似文献
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Liping Yang Xueshang Feng Changqing Xiang Shaohua Zhang S. T. Wu 《Solar physics》2011,271(1-2):91-110
The observations both near the Sun and in the heliosphere during the activity minimum between solar cycles 23 and 24 exhibit different phenomena from those typical of the previous solar minima. In this paper, we have chosen Carrington rotation 2070 in 2008 to investigate the properties of the background solar wind by using the three-dimensional (3D) Solar?CInterPlanetary Conservation Element/Solution Element Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) model. We also study the effects of polar magnetic fields on the characteristics of the solar corona and the solar wind by conducting simulations with an axisymmetric polar flux added to the observed magnetic field. The numerical results are compared with the observations from multiple satellites, such as the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), Ulysses, Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO), Wind and the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE). The comparison demonstrates that the first simulation with the observed magnetic fields reproduces some observed peculiarities near the Sun, such as relatively small polar coronal holes, the presence of mid- and low-latitude holes, a tilted and warped current sheet, and the broad multiple streamers. The numerical results also capture the inconsistency between the locus of the minimum wind speed and the location of the heliospheric current sheet, and predict slightly slower and cooler polar streams with a relatively smaller latitudinal width, broad low-latitude intermediate-speed streams, and globally weak magnetic field and low density in the heliosphere. The second simulation with strengthened polar fields indicates that the weak polar fields in the current minimum play a crucial role in determining the states of the corona and the solar wind. 相似文献