Statistical pattern recognition for labeling solar active regions: Application to SOHO/MDI imagery

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 568, Issue 1 I, 2002, Pages 396-407

  Turmon, M ^a   Pap, J M ^b,d   Mukhtar, S ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Methods: analytical; Methods: statistical; Sun: activity; Sun: faculae, plages; Sunspots

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010256321     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338681     Document Type: Article

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