Automatic detection and extraction of coronal dimmings from SDO/AIA data

Solar Physics

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 461-480

  Attrill, G D R ^a   Wills Davey, M J ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Corona, quiet; Coronal mass ejections, low coronal signatures; Instrumentation and data management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951974908     PISSN: 00380938     EISSN: 1573093X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-009-9444-4     Document Type: Article

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