SynCOM: A tool for simulating coronal outflows

TL;DR

SynCOM is an IDL-based software package that simulates transient solar wind flows and coronal features, aiding in testing feature tracking algorithms with customizable synthetic datasets.

Contribution

It introduces a modular, flexible tool for simulating solar wind and coronal features, enhancing the ability to generate synthetic data for analysis and algorithm validation.

Findings

Enables creation of synthetic solar wind datasets

Supports testing of feature tracking algorithms

Offers customizable simulation parameters

Abstract

SynCOM is a package of procedures written in IDL (Interactive Data Language) that simulates transient solar wind flows. Each function within SynCOM handles specific tasks, such as initializing parameters, generating synthetic profiles, creating Gaussian blobs to represent solar wind features, and producing high-resolution images of the solar corona. This modular design allows users to call or customize individual functions independently, providing flexibility to adjust simulations to different observational or solar wind conditions. The software architecture is designed to facilitate SynCOM, which effectively creates synthetic datasets for testing and verifying feature tracking algorithms. It also takes advantage of the robust capabilities of the IDL for high-performance scientific computing