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Created: 2012-02-09 17:20:00

Responsible Thematic Node: Small Bodies, Dust, and TNOs

Short Name: CACTUS

Brief description: A software package for 'Computer Aided CME Tracking

URL: http://sidc.be/cactus/

Type: TOOLS for data Analysis or Access

English Language: YES

Restricted access: NO

Longer description:
CACTUS autonomously detects coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in image sequences from LASCO. The output of our software is a list of events, similar to the classic catalogs, with principle angle, angular width and velocity estimation for each CME. In contrast to catalogs assembled by human operators, these CME detections by software can be faster, which is especially important in the context of space weather, and possibly also more objective, as the detection criterion is written explicitly in a program

EPN location (lab or institute): SIDC

Contributor: De Sanctis

Other Responsible (name): Eva Robbrecht

Other Responsible (email): Eva.Robbrecht@sidc.be

This is a copy (not an original): NO

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