30. Surface and Coronal Field Signatures of Implosions in Two Homologous Solar Flares
29. The STARA Sunspot Catalog
The STARA catalog of sunspot properties from the SOHO/MDI and SDO/HMI data is presented and discussed. For STARA, an automated detection algorithm is employed to compile the first sunspot record from space-based instruments. This catalog is publicly available at http://www.nso.edu/staff/fwatson/STARA.
28. Sunspot moats versus supergranules
27. Anomalously Weak Convection on Large Scales in the Sun
Observed seismic upper bounds on large-scale lateral (horizontal) convective-velocity amplitudes in the solar interior at the depth r/R = 0.96 do not agree with modeling results derived at a similar depth from global convection simulations. The observations of low convective-velocity amplitudes throw into question our understanding of thermal and angular momentum transport in the Sun.
26. SDO/HMI Multi-height Dopplergrams
Multi-height Doppler velocity maps from two layers separated by 50 km are obtained from combinations of currently recorded HMI filtergrams. Using synthetic data of spectral line profiles produced in a convective environment, we test the ability to recover vertical velocity fields at different heights.
25. Solar Flare Forecasting Using HMI Vector Magnetic Field Data with a Support Vector Machine Algorithm
We attempt to forecast M- and X-class solar flares using a support vector machine algorithm and 4 years of HMI vector magnetic field data. With the true skill statistic as the preferred metric to estimate the algorithm performances, we obtain good predictive abilities. This may be partly due to fine-tuning the algorithm for this purpose, and to a choice of 13 SHARP parameters obtained from vector magnetograms.
24. Solar and stellar differential rotation and dynamo, mean-field vs. global models
Numerical simulations of solar rotation and dynamo have been performed over the last decades with the aim of understanding the physics of the solar interior. Here we briefly discuss two main approaches, namely, mean-field modeling and global simulations. We also present recent results of hydrodynamic global simulations which reveal interesting aspects of stellar rotation.