The data from SECCHI-COR1 and SECCHI-COR2 coronagraphs onboard the STEREO mission, which was launched in October 2006, provide
us with the first-ever stereoscopic images of the Sun’s corona. These observations were found to be useful in inferring the
three-dimensional structure of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and their propagation direction in space. We apply four methods
for reconstructing CMEs:
i) Forward modeling technique;
ii) Local correlation tracking (to identify the same feature in COR Ahead and COR Behind images) plus tie-point reconstruction
technique;
iii) Center of mass of the structures in a given epipolar plane plus tie-point reconstruction technique;
iv) Polarization ratio technique. The four techniques are applied to three structured CMEs observed by COR1 and COR2 instruments,
respectively, on 15 May 2007, 31 August 2007, and 25 March 2008. A comparison of the results obtained from the application
of the four reconstruction algorithms is presented and discussed.
Keywords Corona, structures - Coronal mass ejections, initiation and propagation
STEREO Science Results of Solar Minimum
Guest Editors: Eric R. Christian, Michael L. Kaiser, Therese A. Kucera, O.C. St. Cyr