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标题：Time‐Latitude Distribution of Prominences for 10 Solar Cycles: A Study Using Kodaikanal, Meudon, and Kanzelhohe Data
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作者：Subhamoy Chatterjee ; Manjunath Hegde ; Dipankar Banerjee 等
期刊名称：Earth and Space Science
电子版ISSN：2333-5084
出版年度：2020
卷号：7
期号：3
页码：1-16
DOI：10.1029/2019EA000666
出版社：John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
摘要：Solar prominences are structures of importance because of their role in polar field reversal. We study the long‐term variation of the time latitude distribution of solar prominences in this article. To accomplish this, we primarily used the digitized disc‐blocked Ca II K spectroheliograms as recorded from Kodaikanal Solar Observatory for the period of 1906–2002. For improving the data statistics we included full disc H images from Meudon and Kanzelhohe Observatory, which are available after 1980. We developed an automated technique to identify the latitudinal locations of prominences in daily images from all three data sets. Derived time‐latitude distribution clearly depicted poleward migration of prominence structures for 10 cycles (15–24). Unlike previous studies, we separated the rate of poleward migration during onset and near pole, using piece‐wise linear fits. In most cases, we found acceleration in poleward migration with the change occurring near 70° latitudes. The derived migration rates for such large number of solar cycles can provide important inputs toward understanding polar field buildup process.
关键词：Sun;chromosphere;prominences;data analysis;image processing