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20052023
most citedToward Reliable Benchmarking of Solar Flare Forecasting Methods

284 citations · 2.5k across the 46 of their papers we have counts for

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46 papers

astro-ph.SR2023★ 7 cited

The SWAP Filter: A Simple Azimuthally Varying Radial Filter for Wide-Field EUV Solar Images

Daniel B. Seaton, David Berghmans, D. Shaun Bloomfield +5

We present the SWAP Filter: an azimuthally varying, radial normalizing filter specifically developed for EUV images of the solar corona, named for the Sun Watcher with Active Pixel…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 1 cited

The Flare Likelihood and Region Eruption Forecasting (FLARECAST) Project: Flare forecasting in the big data & machine learning era

M. K. Georgoulis, D. S. Bloomfield, M. Piana +25

The EU funded the FLARECAST project, that ran from Jan 2015 until Feb 2018. FLARECAST had a R2O focus, and introduced several innovations into the discipline of solar flare forecas…

physics.space-ph2020★ 20 cited

Ensemble Forecasting of Major Solar Flares: Methods for Combining Models

Jordan A. Guerra, Sophie A. Murray, D. Shaun Bloomfield +1

One essential component of operational space weather forecasting is the prediction of solar flares. With a multitude of flare forecasting methods now available online it is still u…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 50 cited

A Comparison of Flare Forecasting Methods. IV. Evaluating Consecutive-Day Forecasting Patterns

Sung-Hong Park, K. D. Leka, Kanya Kusano +21

A crucial challenge to successful flare prediction is forecasting periods that transition between "flare-quiet" and "flare-active". Building on earlier studies in this series (Barn…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 30 cited

Which Photospheric Characteristics are Most Relevant to Active-Region Coronal Mass Ejections?

Ioannis Kontogiannis, Manolis K. Georgoulis, Jordan A. Guerra +2

We investigate the relation between characteristics of coronal mass ejections and parameterizations of the eruptive capability of solar active regions widely used in solar flare pr…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 62 cited

A Comparison of Flare Forecasting Methods. III. Systematic Behaviors of Operational Solar Flare Forecasting Systems

K. D. Leka, Sung-Hong Park, Kanya Kusano +21

A workshop was recently held at Nagoya University (31 October - 02 November 2017), sponsored by the Center for International Collaborative Research, at the Institute for Space-Eart…