Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems
Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems
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Articles | Volume 6, issue 1
Articles | Volume 6, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-6-9-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-6-9-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 6, issue 1
Research article
 | 
13 Jan 2017
Research article |  | 13 Jan 2017

Video cascade accumulation of the total solar eclipse on Svalbard 2015

Fred Sigernes, Pål Gunnar Ellingsen, Noora Partamies, Mikko Syrjäsuo, Pål Brekke, Silje Eriksen Holmen, Arne Danielsen, Bernt Olsen, Xiangcai Chen, Margit Dyrland, Lisa Baddeley, Dag Arne Lorentzen, Marcus Aleksander Krogtoft, Torstein Dragland, Hans Mortensson, Lisbeth Smistad, Craig J. Heinselman, and Shadia Habbal

Abstract. This work presents a novel image accumulation filter technique that reveals small-scale features and details from intense luminosity or high dynamic range (HDR) video recordings. It was discovered and developed from the analyses of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) film of the total solar eclipse that occurred Friday 20 March 2015 in Longyearbyen (78° N, 15° E) on Svalbard, Norway. The result of the filter is fused with a HDR image of the corona and the Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO) image of the solar disk.

How to cite. Sigernes, F., Ellingsen, P. G., Partamies, N., Syrjäsuo, M., Brekke, P., Eriksen Holmen, S., Danielsen, A., Olsen, B., Chen, X., Dyrland, M., Baddeley, L., Lorentzen, D. A., Krogtoft, M. A., Dragland, T., Mortensson, H., Smistad, L., Heinselman, C. J., and Habbal, S.: Video cascade accumulation of the total solar eclipse on Svalbard 2015, Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 6, 9–14, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-6-9-2017, 2017.
Received: 17 Jun 2016 – Discussion started: 01 Sep 2016 – Revised: 22 Dec 2016 – Accepted: 28 Dec 2016 – Published: 13 Jan 2017
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The total solar eclipse event on Svalbard on 20 March 2015 gave us a unique opportunity to image the upper parts of the Sun's atmosphere. A novel image accumulation filter technique is presented that is capable of distinguishing features such as loops, spicules, plumes, and prominences from intense and blurry video recordings of the chromosphere.
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