A1S3WP4
DRAFT - ONGOING WORK
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A brief summary of the status
WP4 is a very interdisciplinary work-package with a wide range of activities from the sun through the heliosphere and magnetosphere to the ionosphere and the effect on communications and radiation hazards, and also from observations to modelling and data assimilation. In consequence most of the participating institutions have very different expertises and work in different fields of research. To take the full advantage of this interdisciplinary setup, an important organizational task for the first year was to coordinate and focus the research activities and initiate collaborations. Three steps were taken with success:
- A set of space weather relevant focus-parameters was selected in order to optimize the outcome in a space weather context, and in order to support the collaborations: CME arrival time, L1 Solar wind parameters, SEP flux, Magnetopause location, Radiation belt flux and Ring Current, Geomagnetic activity Dst and Kp, Auroral oval position, Ionospheric Joule Heating, Ionosperic Scintillations and TEC.
- A set of 8 events for detailed study of the whole chain of events from the sun to the ionosphere have been selected. Data has been collected and exchanged and model runs performed for these events. A pdf catalogue, containing overview plots and imbedded links to the data has been completed (Deliverable 4.1) .
- A workshop centred on the event studies was held in September 13.-18. 2009 in Hvar City in Croatia, with participation of all WP4 participating institutes and also with participation from WP3. The main goal of the workshop was to strengthen cross collaborations, to support already ongoing projects and to initiate new collaborative projects. These goals were achieved with great success. A detailed summary of the outcome of the workshop is available here.
Major inter-beneficiary collaborations
The work in WP4 is divided in 5 main tasks (Task 4.1-4.5) where several beneficiaries work together to achieve the goals. These tasks and collaborations are reflected in the lists of deliverables and milestones for WP4. Through the WP4 activities at SOTERIA meetings, and in particular during the event workshop in September, these collaborations have been strengthened and new collaborations have been formed:
- already ongoing collaborations were extended to include new interested partners, which could support the activities or add new contributions.
- new collaborative projects have been initiated.
The main collaborative projects defined at this point are listed below. Some of the projects are still in the project definition phase, and are planned to start later if feasible.
COLLABORATIVE PROJECT GROUPS FORMED:
- Solar wind modelling and data assimilation
Participants: KU Leuven, NOVELTIS, UOulu, HVAR, DTU
Contact: Giovanni Lapenta
Status: Ongoing, Part of Task 4.5
- Heliospheric propagaton of CMEs
Participants: HVAR, UNIGRAZ, DTU, MTA-KFKI-RMKI
Contact: Bojan Vrsnak
Status: Ongoing, Part of Task 4.1
- Coronal holes and their effects
Participants: HVAR, UNIGRAZ, UOulu, KULeuven, DTU, MTA-KFKI-RMKI
Contact: Bojan Vrsnak
Status: Ongoing, Part of Task 4.1
- 3-storm event study, Similarity in solar events – Difference in Earth effects?'
Participants: HVAR, UNIGRAZ, NOVELTIS, UOulu, MTA-KFKI-RMKI, IEEA, FIAN, KULeuven, DTU
Contact: Bojan Vrsnak
Status: Ongoing, Coordinated study contributing to all five tasks (4.1-4.5)
- Modelling of magnetopause location
Participants: MTA-KFKI-RMKI, UOulu, DTU
Contact: Mariella Tatrallyay
Status: Ongoing, Part of Task 4.2
- Coupling between ionospheric and magnetospheric storms
Participants: IEEA, NOVELTIS, DTU, UOulu
Contact: Yannick Beniguel
Status: Newly initiated, data being collected. Part of task 4.4
- Modelling of scintillations, improvement based on data assimilation
Participants: NOVELTIS, IEEA
Contact: François Crespon
Status: In project definition phase, part of task 4.5
- Sources to mid-latitude magnetic disturbances
Participants: HVAR, UOulu, DTU
Contact: Giuliana Verbanac, verbanac@irb.hr
Status: Ongoing, part of task 4.3
- Parametrization of high latitude electrodynamics - data inversion
Participants: DTU, NOVELTIS
Contact: Susanne Vennerstrom, sv@space.dtu.dk
Status: Ongoing, part of task 4.3 and 4.5
- Auroral boundary location determination
Participants: DTU, NOVELTIS
Contact: Susanne Vennerstrom, Status: In project definition phase, part of task 4.3
- Differences between CME- and CIR-generated magnetic storms
Participants: UOulu, HVAR, DTU
Contact: Kalevi Mursula
Status: In project definition phase
- Coronal hole - active region association and magnetospheric effects
Participants: UNIGRAZ, DTU, MTA-KFKI-RMKI
Contact: Thomas Rotter,
Status: In definition phase. Only partly funded by SOTERIA, supporting national funding application planned
- CME propagation and heliospheric imager
Participation: UNIGRAZ, HVAR, DTU
Contact: Astrid Veronig
Status: In definition phase, cross-collaborative project with WP3
Progress toward completion
| Code | Name | Lead | Due date | Progress | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1D4.1 | Catalogue of selected events | DTU | Nov 2009 | 100% | Work Completed | published at online depository link |
| A1D4.2 | Scientific analysis report, Task 4.1 |
HVAR | Nov 2010 | 50% | in progress | |
| A1D4.3 | Scientific analysis report, Task 4.2 |
MTA-KFKI | Nov 2010 | 35% | in progress | |
| A1D4.4 | Scientific analysis report, Task 4.3 |
UOulu | Nov 2011 | 30% | In progress | |
| A1D4.5 | Scientific analysis report, Task 4.4 |
IEEA | Nov 2010 | 35% | In progress | |
| A1D4.6 | Scientific analysis report, Task 4.5 a-g |
KU Leuven | Nov 2011 | 30% | In progress | |
| A1D4.7 | Data assimilation report, Task 4.5 h-j |
NOVELTIS | Nov 2011 | 35% | In progress | |
| A1D4.8 | Online predictive and diagnostics tools | ROB | Nov 2011 | Pending | Awaits completion of science studies |
Minor problems
Problems have so far only been encountered in relationship to a sub-task of task 4.2, namely the subtask to study the effect of radiation on the functioning of space-based instruments. WP4 is in need of collaborators with expertise in space radiation and in particular its effect on space instrumentation.
This could most likely be solved by collaboration with new partners, but this solution may require the allocation of additional funding to the activity. A first step is to identify Soteria partners who have already some expertise or contacts with expertise in the field. Another relevant step would be to use the school or the capacity building workshop to invite experts with the aim to learn and establish contacts.
Suggestions for new directions and improvements
The space weather event workshop held in September was considered a great success, and a new workshop to support the collaborative studies are planned in 2010.
