Research Projects

Monitoring and predicting solar eruptions is critical for technological assets operating in the near-Earth space environment. While flares are predominantly (although not universally) associated with complex active regions, they can also occur in the vicinity of regular, simple active regions. The motivation of this work is to ascertain the processes that lead to flares in alpha- and beta-type active regions and the conditions that enable or prevent them from evolving into CMEs. The data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is comprehensive, spanning Cycle 24 since 2010 and is ideal for this investigation.