Diffusion Model Translates Historical Solar Observations into Modern EUV Imagery
Researchers have developed a diffusion-based AI model called CH-aware DMT that generates synthetic extreme ultraviolet (EUV) solar corona images from helium spectral line observations dating back to 1974. Direct full-disk EUV imaging of the Sun has only been available since the SOHO and SDO satellite era, leaving a gap in coronal data for earlier periods. The model could enable multi-decade studies of large-scale solar coronal evolution that were previously impossible due to the absence of direct EUV observations.
A team of researchers has introduced the Coronal Hole-aware Diffusion Model Translator (CH-aware DMT), a conditional image translation framework that reconstructs synthetic SDO/AIA 193 Å EUV solar images from ground-based He I 10830 Å spectral line observations. The model exploits the fact that helium absorption at this wavelength is modulated by coronal irradiance and magnetic topology, making it a long-established proxy for open-field coronal regions. Trained on co-aligned SOLIS and AIA image pairs from 2011 to 2015, the model achieved strong correlation with real EUV data on held-out test images, with a correlation coefficient of 0.92 for overall disk morphology and 0.84 for coronal hole structures. Historical validation was performed by comparing reconstructed images against SOHO/EIT 195 Å data (2005–2015), Yohkoh soft X-ray observations, and long-term solar activity proxies including sunspot numbers and F10.7 radio flux spanning 1974 to 2015. These cross-checks suggest the synthetic images are physically plausible proxies for the historical coronal state. If validated further, the approach could extend coherent EUV coronal context back several decades, supporting research into solar activity cycles and space weather climatology.
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The model is trained on a relatively narrow 2011–2015 window and a single instrument pairing (SOLIS/AIA), raising questions about generalizability to different solar cycle phases or other He I data sources. Uncertainty quantification for individual reconstructed images is not discussed, and it is unclear how the model performs during extreme solar events such as X-class flares or major coronal mass ejections. The degree to which instrument-specific calibration differences between historical He I datasets (e.g., KPVT vs. SOLIS) affect reconstruction quality over the full 1974–2015 period is also not fully addressed.
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- arXiv cs.AICenter
Reconstructing Synthetic SDO/AIA 193 A EUV Images from He I 10830 A Observations with Diffusion Model Translator
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