Multiscale edge detection in the corona

Solar Physics

Volumn 248, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 457-469

  Young, C Alex ^a   Gallagher, Peter T ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Sun: corona; Sun: coronal mass ejections (CMEs); Techniques: image processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449138227     PISSN: 00380938     EISSN: 1573093X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-008-9177-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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