Solar Filament Recognition Based on Deep Learning [IMA]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1909.06580


The paper presents a reliable method using deep learning to recognize solar filaments in H-alpha full-disk solar images automatically. This method cannot only identify filaments accurately but also minimize the effects of noise points of the solar images. Firstly, a raw filament dataset is set up, consisting of tens of thousands of images required for deep learning. Secondly, an automated method for solar filament identification is developed using the U-Net deep convolutional network. To test the performance of the method, a dataset with 60 pairs of manually corrected H-alpha images is employed. These images are obtained from the Big Bear Solar Observatory/Full-Disk H-alpha Patrol Telescope (BBSO/FDHA) in 2013. Cross-validation indicates that the method can efficiently identify filaments in full-disk H-alpha images.

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G. Zhu, G. Lin, D. Wang, et. al.
Tue, 17 Sep 19
50/98

Comments: 13 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in Solar Physics