Solar active regions (ARs) are the primary source of solar flares. There are plenty of studies where the statistical relationship between ARs magnetic field complexity and solar flares are shown. Usually, the complexity of ARs described with different numerical magnetic field parameters and characteristics calculated on top of them. Also, there is well known and widely adapted McIntosh classification scheme of sunspot groups, consists of three letters abbreviation. Solar Monitor’s flare prediction system’s based on this classification. Up to date, the classification is done manual once a day by the specialist. In this paper, we describe an automatic system based on convolutional neural networks. For neural network training, we used images from two big magnetogram databases (HMI and MDI images) covered together period from 1996 to the 2018 years. Our results show that the automated classification of Solar ARs is possible with a moderate success rate, which allows to use it in practical tasks.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Neural Computation, Machine Learning, and Cognitive Research III - Selected Papers from the XXI International Conference on Neuroinformatics, 2019
EditorsBoris Kryzhanovsky, Witali Dunin-Barkowski, Vladimir Redko, Yury Tiumentsev
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages239-245
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)9783030304249
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Event21st International Conference on Neuroinformatics, 2019 - Dolgoprudny, Russian Federation
Duration: 7 Oct 201911 Oct 2019

Publication series

NameStudies in Computational Intelligence
Volume856
ISSN (Print)1860-949X
ISSN (Electronic)1860-9503

Conference

Conference21st International Conference on Neuroinformatics, 2019
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CityDolgoprudny
Period7/10/1911/10/19

    Scopus subject areas

  • Artificial Intelligence

    Research areas

  • Deep learning, Image classification, McIntosh classification, Neural networks, Solar active regions

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