Comprehensive solar eruption analyses enabled by the tools of the SOLER project

Nina Dresing; Jan Gieseler; Markus Baumgartner-Steinleitner; Carine Briand; Karin Dissauer; Annamaria Fedeli; Robert Jarolim; Jaclyn T. Lang; Diana E. Morosan; Jake A. J Mitchell; Christian Palmroos; Jens Pomoell; Jinge Zhang; Otso Santala; Astrid M. Veronig; Laura Vuorinen; Alexander Warmuth; Oliver Flor; Myrthe Flossie; Emilia K. J. Kilpua; Werner Pötzi; Daniel J. Price; Antonio Gomes; Emil J. Hotti; Ruth A. Hyndman; M. Liebel; Amaia Razquin; Song Tan; Ramio Vainio

arXiv · 2608.24458

Comprehensive solar eruption analyses enabled by the tools of the SOLER project

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Solar eruptions comprise of a multitude of phenomena such as flares, coronal mass ejections (CMEs), large-scale coronal waves, radio bursts, and energetic particles traveling through interplanetary space. These phenomena are observed with a variety of instrumentation, including remote sensing and in-situ detectors. Obtaining a global understanding of a solar eruption often requires the analysis of various of these different datasets, including a multitude of analysis and modeling tools and a wide range of expertise. Usually, such a comprehensive analysis can only be achieved by a skilled and broad team. The Energetic Solar Eruptions: Data and Analysis Tools (SOLER) project aims at creating a comprehensive analysis platform for the study of solar eruptions that allows a single user to easily apply analysis methods addressing various counterparts of the solar event. Therefore, each partner of the project developed Python-based software, including interfaces in the form of Jupyter Notebooks, which provides application examples and concise step-to-step documentation. In this paper we introduce the comprehensive solar-eruption-analysis infrastructure developed within the SOLER project. We explain where to find the software, how to use it, and give dedicated use-case examples of how to employ selected tools in a combined manner.

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Nina Dresing, Jan Gieseler, Markus Baumgartner-Steinleitner, Carine Briand, Karin Dissauer, Annamaria Fedeli, Robert Jarolim, Jaclyn T. Lang, Diana E. Morosan, Jake A. J Mitchell, Christian Palmroos, Jens Pomoell, Jinge Zhang, Otso Santala, Astrid M. Veronig, Laura Vuorinen, Alexander Warmuth, Oliver Flor, Myrthe Flossie, Emilia K. J. Kilpua, Werner Pötzi, Daniel J. Price, Antonio Gomes, Emil J. Hotti, Ruth A. Hyndman, M. Liebel, Amaia Razquin, Song Tan, Ramio Vainio. 2026-08-25. Comprehensive solar eruption analyses enabled by the tools of the SOLER project. https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.24458

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