A1D5.3
Name: D5.3 Online nowcast of the VUV spectrum
Lead Beneficiary: CNRS
Beneficiaries involved: CNRS, ROB, PMOD-WRC
Due Date: Month 15 (March 2010) - for the first version to be updated
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Goal
The data from upcoming satellites (PROBA2/LYRA, PICARD/PREMOS) and existing (SOHO/SEM, TIMED/SEE) satellites that measure a few spectral bands will be used to deliver a nowcast of the EUV/FUV spectrum. The deliverable will be an online prototype model that is part of deliverable 6.4.
Progress so far
The design of spectral reconstruction model is in progress. The post-doctoral student that had to be hired for this task was recruited in September 2009 and now works at the LPC2E (CNRS, Orléans). We selected Luis Vieira out of three candidates. He did his PhD on solar physics at INPE in Brazil and also did a two-year post-doc at the Max Planck Institut in Katlenburg Lindau. Luis also brings competences in the modelling of the long-term variability of the solar magnetic field, which is of particular interest for the TSI studies the LPC2E and PMOD will carry out in the frame of WP5.
Contacts and discussions on the use of PROBA2/LYRA data have started between LPC2E the data providers (ROB, Brussels) and the end users (PMOD, Davos).
Problem areas
None, except for a 2-3 months delay in the delivery caused by the late launch of PROBA2. The online publication of the VUV spectrum will start 4 months after the launch of the PROBA2 satellite, which is now scheduled for early November 2009.
In case of failure of PROBA2/LYRA, the backup option would be to use various solar proxies as inputs for the spectral reconstruction, later to be completed by data from SDO/EVE (launch in March 2010) and PICARD/PREMOS (launch also in March 2010). This, however, would require a different setup that will cause an additional delay of at least 2 months, not to mention that we will have to wait for the decomissioning of SDO to be over.
Participants
List the name of the people working on this deliverable by each beneficiary involved.
- CNRS: T. Dudok de Wit, M. Kretzschmar, J. Lilensten, G. Cessateur, L. Vieira
- ROB: I. Dammasch, J.-F. Hochedez
- PMOD-WRC : W. Schmutz, E. Rozanov, T. Egorova
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