SH52A-02
THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE ON SVALBARD 2015

Friday, 18 December 2015: 10:35
2011 (Moscone West)
Fred Sigernes1,2, Pål Gunnar Ellingsen1,2, Silje Eriksen Holmen1,2, Pal Brekke1,3, Arne Danielsen4, Bernt Olsen5, Mikko Syrjäsuo1,2, Xiangcai Chen1,2, Margit Elisabet Dyrland1,2, Noora Partamies1,2, Lisa J Baddeley1,2, Dag A Lorentzen1,2, Marcus Aleksander Krogtoft6, Torstein Dragland6, Hans Mortensson6, Lisbeth Smistad6, Kjellmar Oksavik1,2, Craig J Heinselman7 and Shadia R Habbal8, (1)University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway, (2)University of Bergen, Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Bergen, Norway, (3)Norwegian Space Centre, Oslo, Norway, (4)Brages 2, 1540 Vestby, Akershus, Norway, (5)Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, Troms and Finnmark, Tromsø, Norway, (6)Lufttransport AS, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway, (7)IRF Swedish Institute of Space Physics Kiruna, Kiruna, Sweden, (8)Institute for Astronomy, Honolulu, HI, United States
Abstract:
This work reports the results from a multi-instrumental campaign that was planned and executed to record the Total Solar Eclipse that occurred on Friday 20th of March 2015 in Longyearbyen (78oN, 15oE) on Svalbard, Norway. Both airborne hyperspectral- and ground-based camera systems were used to image the event. A novel video accumulation filter technique is presented that reveals small scale chromospheric features. The result is fused with a High Dynamic Range (HDR) image of the Corona taken from the old Auroral Station in Adventdalen. The Kjell Henriksen Observatory (KHO) was also operative, but did not detect any dayside auroral signatures. The background sky condition was too bright during totality for the auroral cameras. The airborne hyperspectral data is used to cluster and classify active solar regions with prominences from the background continuum.
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