Automatic sunspots detection on full-disk solar images using mathematical morphology

Solar Physics

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 411-429

  Curto, J J ^a   Blanca, M ^a   Martinez E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automatic detection; Mathematical morphology; Sunspots

Indexed keywords

EID: 49049112819     PISSN: 00380938     EISSN: 1573093X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-008-9224-6     Document Type: Article

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