Titel
A Space Weather mission concept: Observatories of the Solar Corona and Active Regions (OSCAR)
Autor*in
Antoine Strugarek
Département de Physique, Université de Montréal
Autor*in
Nils Janitzek
Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, University of Kiel
Autor*in
Arrow Lee
Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London
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Abstract
Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) and Corotating Interaction Regions (CIRs) are major sources of magnetic storms on Earth and are therefore considered to be the most dangerous space weather events. The Observatories of Solar Corona and Active Regions (OSCAR) mission is designed to identify the 3D structure of coronal loops and to study the trigger mechanisms of CMEs in solar Active Regions (ARs) as well as their evolution and propagation processes in the inner heliosphere. It also aims to provide monitoring and forecasting of geo-effective CMEs and CIRs. OSCAR would contribute to significant advancements in the field of solar physics, improvements of the current CME prediction models, and provide data for reliable space weather forecasting. These objectives are achieved by utilising two spacecraft with identical instrumentation, located at a heliocentric orbital distance of 1 AU from the Sun. The spacecraft will be separated by an angle of 68° to provide optimum stereoscopic view of the solar corona. We study the feasibility of such a mission and propose a preliminary design for OSCAR.
Stichwort
MissionsCoronaActive regionInterplanetary Coronal Mass Ejection (CME)Corotating Interaction Regions (CIR)
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
Persistent identifier
https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:448336
Erschienen in
Titel
Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate
Band
5
Verlag
EDP Sciences
Erscheinungsdatum
2015
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