SolarZip: An Efficient and Adaptive Compression Framework for Solar EUV Imaging Data

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Main Authors: Liu, Zedong, Tan, Song, Warmuth, Alexander, Schuller, Frédéric, Hong, Yun, Huang, Wenjing, Gu, Yida, Zhu, Bojing, Tan, Guangming, Tao, Dingwen
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author Liu, Zedong
Tan, Song
Warmuth, Alexander
Schuller, Frédéric
Hong, Yun
Huang, Wenjing
Gu, Yida
Zhu, Bojing
Tan, Guangming
Tao, Dingwen
author_facet Liu, Zedong
Tan, Song
Warmuth, Alexander
Schuller, Frédéric
Hong, Yun
Huang, Wenjing
Gu, Yida
Zhu, Bojing
Tan, Guangming
Tao, Dingwen
contents Context: With the advancement of solar physics research, next-generation solar space missions and ground-based telescopes face significant challenges in efficiently transmitting and/or storing large-scale observational data. Aims: We develop an efficient compression and evaluation framework for solar EUV data, specifically optimized for Solar Orbiter Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) data, significantly reducing data volume while preserving scientific usability. Methods: We systematically evaluated four error-bounded lossy compressors across two EUI datasets. However, the existing methods cannot perfectly handle the EUI datasets (with continuously changing distance and significant resolution differences). Motivated by this, we develop an adaptive hybrid compression strategy with optimized interpolation predictors. Moreover, we designed a two-stage evaluation framework integrating distortion analysis with downstream scientific workflows, ensuring that observational analysis is not affected at high compression ratios. Results: Our framework SolarZip achieved up to 800x reduction for Full Sun Imager (FSI) data and 500x for High Resolution Imager (HRI$_{\text{EUV}}$) data. It significantly outperformed both traditional and advanced algorithms, achieving 3-50x higher compression ratios than traditional algorithms, surpassing the second-best algorithm by up to 30%. Simulation experiments verified that SolarZip can reduce data transmission time by up to 270x while ensuring the preservation of scientific usability. Conclusions: The SolarZip framework significantly enhances solar observational data compression efficiency while preserving scientific usability by dynamically selecting optimal compression methods based on observational scenarios and user requirements. This provides a promising data management solution for deep space missions like Solar Orbiter.
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spellingShingle SolarZip: An Efficient and Adaptive Compression Framework for Solar EUV Imaging Data
Liu, Zedong
Tan, Song
Warmuth, Alexander
Schuller, Frédéric
Hong, Yun
Huang, Wenjing
Gu, Yida
Zhu, Bojing
Tan, Guangming
Tao, Dingwen
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Context: With the advancement of solar physics research, next-generation solar space missions and ground-based telescopes face significant challenges in efficiently transmitting and/or storing large-scale observational data. Aims: We develop an efficient compression and evaluation framework for solar EUV data, specifically optimized for Solar Orbiter Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) data, significantly reducing data volume while preserving scientific usability. Methods: We systematically evaluated four error-bounded lossy compressors across two EUI datasets. However, the existing methods cannot perfectly handle the EUI datasets (with continuously changing distance and significant resolution differences). Motivated by this, we develop an adaptive hybrid compression strategy with optimized interpolation predictors. Moreover, we designed a two-stage evaluation framework integrating distortion analysis with downstream scientific workflows, ensuring that observational analysis is not affected at high compression ratios. Results: Our framework SolarZip achieved up to 800x reduction for Full Sun Imager (FSI) data and 500x for High Resolution Imager (HRI$_{\text{EUV}}$) data. It significantly outperformed both traditional and advanced algorithms, achieving 3-50x higher compression ratios than traditional algorithms, surpassing the second-best algorithm by up to 30%. Simulation experiments verified that SolarZip can reduce data transmission time by up to 270x while ensuring the preservation of scientific usability. Conclusions: The SolarZip framework significantly enhances solar observational data compression efficiency while preserving scientific usability by dynamically selecting optimal compression methods based on observational scenarios and user requirements. This provides a promising data management solution for deep space missions like Solar Orbiter.
title SolarZip: An Efficient and Adaptive Compression Framework for Solar EUV Imaging Data
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.13504