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Abstract
One of the greatest challenge facing current space weather monitoring operations is forecasting the arrival of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and Solar Energetic Particles (SEPs) within their Earth-Sun propagation timescales. Current campaigns mainly rely on extreme ultra-violet and white light observations to create forecasts, missing out many potential events that may be hazardous to Earth’s infrastructure undetectable at these wavelengths. Here we introduce the SURROUND mission, a constellation of CubeSats each with identical radio spectrometers, and the results of the initial Phase-0 study for the concept. The main goal of SURROUND is to monitor and track solar radio bursts (SRBs), widely utilised as a useful diagnostic for space weather activity, and revolutionise current forecasting capabilities. The Phase-0 study concludes that SURROUND can achieve its mission objectives using 3 - 5 spacecraft using current technologies with feasible SEP and CME forecasting potential: a first for heliospheric monitors.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Planetary, Solar and Heliospheric Radio Emissions |
Publisher | Trinity College Dublin |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-85500-274-6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2023 |
MoE publication type | A4 Conference publication |
Event | International Workshop on Planetary, Solar and Heliospheric Radio Emissions - Dublin, Ireland Duration: 26 Sept 2022 → 28 Sept 2022 Conference number: 9 |
Workshop
Workshop | International Workshop on Planetary, Solar and Heliospheric Radio Emissions |
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Abbreviated title | PRE |
Country/Territory | Ireland |
City | Dublin |
Period | 26/09/2022 → 28/09/2022 |
Keywords
- solar physics
- space weather prediction
- space weather operations
- triangulation
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SYCOS /Korpi-Lagg: Solar cYcle prediCtion tool using sOlar internal oscillations
Korpi-Lagg, M. (Principal investigator)
01/02/2023 → 31/10/2024
Project: EU Horizon Europe ERC