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1 Determination of the 3D Trajectory of Coronal Mass Ejections using Stereoscopy Vahab Pournaghshband University of California, Berkeley JPLUS/SURF Mentor: Dr. Paulett Liewer 08/11/2006 Vahab Pournaghshband - Determination of the 3D Trajectory of CMEs using Stereoscopy 1

2 What is a CME? Coronal Mass Ejections Corona: Sun s Atmosphere CME: Portion of Corona Blasted into the Solar Wind Velocity: 300~2000 to (km/s) Consists of Electrons, Ions, Magnetic Field 08/11/2006 Vahab Pournaghshband - Determination of the 3D Trajectory of CMEs using Stereoscopy 2

3 Why Studying CMEs? Communications Systems Disruption Satellite, GPS, Cell phones etc Astronauts Radiation Exposure Electric Power Outage 08/11/2006 Vahab Pournaghshband - Determination of the 3D Trajectory of CMEs using Stereoscopy 3

4 Solution: SOHO? 08/11/2006 Vahab Pournaghshband - Determination of the 3D Trajectory of CMEs using Stereoscopy 4

5 Solution: STEREO 08/11/2006 Vahab Pournaghshband - Determination of the 3D Trajectory of CMEs using Stereoscopy 5

6 STEREO Field of View 08/11/2006 Vahab Pournaghshband - Determination of the 3D Trajectory of CMEs using Stereoscopy 6

7 Simulated STEREO Data C2 H1 H2 08/11/2006 Vahab Pournaghshband - Determination of the 3D Trajectory of CMEs using Stereoscopy 7

8 Approach Automatic Tiepointing Loop Tracing 3D Reconstruction CME Representative Point Trajectory + Velocity Determination 08/11/2006 Vahab Pournaghshband - Determination of the 3D Trajectory of CMEs using Stereoscopy 8

9 Approach Automatic Tiepointing β Loop Tracing α 3D Reconstruction CME Representative Point Trajectory + Velocity Determination 08/11/2006 Vahab Pournaghshband - Determination of the 3D Trajectory of CMEs using Stereoscopy 9

10 Automatic Tiepointing Masking Skeletonizer Closing Slope Analyzer 08/11/2006 Vahab Pournaghshband - Determination of the 3D Trajectory of CMEs using Stereoscopy 10

11 Masking 08/11/2006 Vahab Pournaghshband - Determination of the 3D Trajectory of CMEs using Stereoscopy 11

12 Masking 08/11/2006 Vahab Pournaghshband - Determination of the 3D Trajectory of CMEs using Stereoscopy 12

13 Skeletonizer Stentiford s Algorithm: J. R. Parker. Algorithms For Image Processing and Computer Vision. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., /11/2006 Vahab Pournaghshband - Determination of the 3D Trajectory of CMEs using Stereoscopy 13

14 Skeletonizer 08/11/2006 Vahab Pournaghshband - Determination of the 3D Trajectory of CMEs using Stereoscopy 14

15 Closing Algorithm 08/11/2006 Vahab Pournaghshband - Determination of the 3D Trajectory of CMEs using Stereoscopy 15

16 Closing Algorithm 08/11/2006 Vahab Pournaghshband - Determination of the 3D Trajectory of CMEs using Stereoscopy 16

17 Closing Algorithm 08/11/2006 Vahab Pournaghshband - Determination of the 3D Trajectory of CMEs using Stereoscopy 17

18 Closing Algorithm 08/11/2006 Vahab Pournaghshband - Determination of the 3D Trajectory of CMEs using Stereoscopy 18

19 Closing Algorithm 08/11/2006 Vahab Pournaghshband - Determination of the 3D Trajectory of CMEs using Stereoscopy 19

20 Closing Algorithm 08/11/2006 Vahab Pournaghshband - Determination of the 3D Trajectory of CMEs using Stereoscopy 20

21 Closing Algorithm 08/11/2006 Vahab Pournaghshband - Determination of the 3D Trajectory of CMEs using Stereoscopy 21

22 Horizontal Line 08/11/2006 Vahab Pournaghshband - Determination of the 3D Trajectory of CMEs using Stereoscopy 22

23 Slope Analyzer 08/11/2006 Vahab Pournaghshband - Determination of the 3D Trajectory of CMEs using Stereoscopy 23

24 Slope Analyzer 08/11/2006 Vahab Pournaghshband - Determination of the 3D Trajectory of CMEs using Stereoscopy 24

25 CME Representative Point 08/11/2006 Vahab Pournaghshband - Determination of the 3D Trajectory of CMEs using Stereoscopy 25

26 Plot: 3D Trajectory + Velocity 08/11/2006 Vahab Pournaghshband - Determination of the 3D Trajectory of CMEs using Stereoscopy 26

27 Plot: Longitude vs. Latitude 08/11/2006 Vahab Pournaghshband - Determination of the 3D Trajectory of CMEs using Stereoscopy 27

28 Acknowledgements Special Thanks To: Mentor: Dr. Paulett Liewer Jeffery Hall Dr. Eric DeJong Richard Alvidrez Thank you to the JPLUS for their funding and assistance in making this possible. 08/11/2006 Vahab Pournaghshband - Determination of the 3D Trajectory of CMEs using Stereoscopy 28

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