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We present a new method to automatically track filaments over the solar disk. The filaments are first detected on Meudon Spectroheliograph H{alpha} images of the Sun, applying the technique developed by Fuller, Aboudarham, and Bentley (Solar phys. 227, 61, 2005). This technique combines cleaning processes, image segmentation based on region growing, and morphological parameter ex- traction, including the determination of filament skeletons. The coordinates of the skeleton pixels, given in a heliocentric system, are then converted to a more appropriate reference frame that follows the rotation of the Sun surface. In such a frame, a co-rotating filament is always located around the same position, and its skeletons (extracted from each image) are thus spatially close, forming a group of adjacent features. In a third step, the shape of each skeleton is compared with its neighbours using a curve-matching algorithm. This step will permit us to define the probability [P ] that two close filaments in the co-rotating frame are actually the same one observed on two different images. At the end, the pairs of features, for which the corresponding probability is greater than a threshold value, are associated using tracking identification indexes.On a representative sample of filaments, the good agreement between automated and manual tracking confirms the reliability of the technique to be applied on large data sets. Especially, this code is already used in the framework of the Heliophysics Integrated Observatory (HELIO) to populate a catalogue dedicated to solar and heliospheric features (HFC). An extension of this method to others filament observations, and possibly the sunspots, faculae, and coronal holes tracking can be also envisaged.
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We study the dynamics of plasma along the legs of an arch filament system (AFS) from the chromosphere to the photosphere, observed with high-cadence spectroscopic data from two ground-based solar telescopes: the GREGOR telescope (Tenerife) using the GREGOR Infrarred Spectrograph (GRIS) in the He I 10830 r{A} range and the Swedish Solar Telescope (La Palma) using the CRisp Imaging Spectro-Polarimeter to observe the Ca II 8542 r{A} and Fe I 6173 r{A} spectral lines. The temporal evolution of the draining of the plasma was followed along the legs of a single arch filament from the chromosphere to the photosphere. The average Doppler velocities inferred at the upper chromosphere from the He I 10830 r{A} triplet reach velocities up to 20-24~km~s$^{-1}$, in the lower chromosphere and upper photosphere the Doppler velocities reach up to 11~km~s$^{-1}$ and 1.5~km~s$^{-1}$ in the case of the Ca II 8542 r{A} and Si I 10827 r{A} spectral lines, respectively. The evolution of the Doppler velocities at different layers of the solar atmosphere (chromosphere and upper photosphere) shows that they follow the same LOS velocity pattern, which confirm the observational evidence that the plasma drains towards the photosphere as proposed in models of AFSs. The Doppler velocity maps inferred from the lower photospheric Ca I 10839 r{A} or Fe I 6173 r{A} spectral lines do not show the same LOS velocity pattern. Thus, there is no evidence that the plasma reaches the lower photosphere. The observations and the nonlinear force-free field extrapolations demonstrate that the magnetic field loops of the AFS rise with time. We found flow asymmetries at different footpoints of the AFS. The NLFFF values of the magnetic field strength give us a clue to explain these flow asymmetries.
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The space physics community continues to grow and become both more interdisciplinary and more intertwined with commercial and government operations. This has created a need for a framework to easily identify what projects can be used for specific applications and how close the tool is to routine autonomous or on-demand implementation and operation. We propose the Application Usability Level (AUL) framework and publicizing AULs to help the community quantify the progress of successful applications, metrics, and validation efforts. This framework will also aid the scientific community by supplying the type of information needed to build off of previously published work and publicizing the applications and requirements needed by the user communities. In this paper, we define the AUL framework, outline the milestones required for progression to higher AULs, and provide example projects utilizing the AUL framework. This work has been completed as part of the activities of the Assessment of Understanding and Quantifying Progress working group which is part of the International Forum for Space Weather Capabilities Assessment.
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