Consolidated Solar and Heliospheric Physics Research at UCLan
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Central Lancashire
Department Name: Jeremiah Horrocks Institute
Abstract
This consolidated grant proposal groups together research projects to be carried out within the Solar Physics group of the Jeremiah Horrocks Institute at the University of Central Lancashire. The projects aim to study the outer atmosphere of the Sun, the solar corona, and its associated structures, such as active regions and coronal loops. Solar activity, including solar flares and Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) and the associated energetic particles are also a focus of the research.
The investigations will include:
- analysing whether the rotation of sunspots can provide sufficient energy to power solar active regions and their associated activity, such as solar flares and CMEs.
- studing coronal loops, characteristic of solar active regions, by using high-resolution data from NASA's High resolution Coronal Imager (Hi-C) and ESA's Solar Orbiter mission combined with theoretical models.
- analysing how Solar Energetic Particles are accelerated during flares and CMEs and how they propagate through space, by comparing simulation results with data from the Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter missions taken at locations in space near the Sun.
The investigations will include:
- analysing whether the rotation of sunspots can provide sufficient energy to power solar active regions and their associated activity, such as solar flares and CMEs.
- studing coronal loops, characteristic of solar active regions, by using high-resolution data from NASA's High resolution Coronal Imager (Hi-C) and ESA's Solar Orbiter mission combined with theoretical models.
- analysing how Solar Energetic Particles are accelerated during flares and CMEs and how they propagate through space, by comparing simulation results with data from the Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter missions taken at locations in space near the Sun.
Planned Impact
Impact from the proposed projects will take place mainly via Community Engagement and interaction with the UK Met Office.
The Solar Physics group within the JHI has a strong track record of engagement, most recently via the Blackpool PIER project (Physics: Inspire, Engage and Research) and the SUN art-science collaboration.
PIER is a project funded through Walsh's STFC Leadership Fellowship in Public Engagement, aiming to improve participation in science for young people in low-science capital low-participation areas of Blackpool. The involvement with primary school pupils that is ongoing as part of PIER, will continue beyond the duration of the project and into the time covered by this consolidated grant.
SUN is an ongoing art-science collaboration that was most recently displayed within the Lightpool Festival in Blackpool and Light Up Lancaster. It is a 3D reconstruction of the Sun with projection of movies of solar data from the Solar Dynamics Observatory over a 7m diameter suspended sphere. It is expected that this installation inspired by solar research will be displayed in other UK locations and possibly international destinations in future years.
In addition to the PIER and SUN projects, the applicants contribute regularly to public engagement activities within the JHI. These include outreach activities at Alston Observatory and the Moor Park Jeremiah Horrocks Observatory, the JHI Public Lecture Series and the Lancashire Science Festival. These are regular activities that will continue over this consolidated grant.
We are also involved in a collaboration with the Met Office on forecasting of Solar Energetic Particle radiation risk for Space Weather applications. The SPARX SEP forecasting model, developed within the Solar Group, is currently available to Met Office Space Weather forecasters who compile alerts disseminated to Met Office subscribers. It is planned that further developments of SPARX and collaboration with the Met Office on its use will take place during this consolidated grant.
The Solar Physics group within the JHI has a strong track record of engagement, most recently via the Blackpool PIER project (Physics: Inspire, Engage and Research) and the SUN art-science collaboration.
PIER is a project funded through Walsh's STFC Leadership Fellowship in Public Engagement, aiming to improve participation in science for young people in low-science capital low-participation areas of Blackpool. The involvement with primary school pupils that is ongoing as part of PIER, will continue beyond the duration of the project and into the time covered by this consolidated grant.
SUN is an ongoing art-science collaboration that was most recently displayed within the Lightpool Festival in Blackpool and Light Up Lancaster. It is a 3D reconstruction of the Sun with projection of movies of solar data from the Solar Dynamics Observatory over a 7m diameter suspended sphere. It is expected that this installation inspired by solar research will be displayed in other UK locations and possibly international destinations in future years.
In addition to the PIER and SUN projects, the applicants contribute regularly to public engagement activities within the JHI. These include outreach activities at Alston Observatory and the Moor Park Jeremiah Horrocks Observatory, the JHI Public Lecture Series and the Lancashire Science Festival. These are regular activities that will continue over this consolidated grant.
We are also involved in a collaboration with the Met Office on forecasting of Solar Energetic Particle radiation risk for Space Weather applications. The SPARX SEP forecasting model, developed within the Solar Group, is currently available to Met Office Space Weather forecasters who compile alerts disseminated to Met Office subscribers. It is planned that further developments of SPARX and collaboration with the Met Office on its use will take place during this consolidated grant.
Organisations
- University of Central Lancashire (Lead Research Organisation)
- ETH Zurich (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF READING (Collaboration)
- University of Surrey (Collaboration)
- Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres (Collaboration)
- Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology (Collaboration)
- China University of Geosciences (Collaboration)
- University of Göttingen (Collaboration)
- University of New Hampshire (Collaboration)
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Collaboration)
- Johns Hopkins University (Collaboration)
- University of Helsinki (Collaboration)
- Harbin Institute of Technology (Collaboration)
- University of Graz (Collaboration)
- University of Arizona (Collaboration)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Collaboration)
- University College London (Collaboration)
- University of Alabama in Huntsville (Collaboration)
- University of St Andrews (Collaboration)
- Peking University (Collaboration)
- Russian Academy of Sciences (Collaboration)
- Meteorological Office UK (Collaboration)
- Florida Institute of Technology (Collaboration)
- University of Leuven (Collaboration)
- University of Würzburg (Collaboration)
- University of Oulu (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Silvia Dalla (Principal Investigator) | |
| Timo Laitinen (Researcher) |
Publications
Hutchinson A
(2022)
Energetic proton back-precipitation onto the solar atmosphere in relation to long-duration gamma-ray flares
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Waterfall C
(2022)
Modeling the Transport of Relativistic Solar Protons along a Heliospheric Current Sheet during Historic GLE Events
in The Astrophysical Journal
Waterfall C
(2023)
High Energy Solar Particle Events and Their Relationship to Associated Flare, CME and GLE Parameters
in Space Weather
Laitinen T
(2023)
Solar energetic particle event onsets at different heliolongitudes: The effect of turbulence in Parker spiral geometry
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hutchinson A
(2023)
Impact of corotation on gradual solar energetic particle event intensity profiles
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hutchinson A
(2023)
Modelling shock-like injections of solar energetic particles with 3D test particle simulations
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Laitinen T
(2023)
An Analytical Model of Turbulence in Parker Spiral Geometry and Associated Magnetic Field Line Lengths
in The Astrophysical Journal
Waterfall C
(2023)
Forecasting >300 MeV SEP Events: Extending SPARX to High Energies
in Space Weather
| Description | SSA P3-SWE-IV.2:USE OF L5 DATA IN CME PROPAGATION MODELS |
| Amount | € 449,912 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 10/2021 |
| End | 09/2022 |
| Description | Dr Georgia De Nolfo, NASA Goodard Space Flight Center |
| Organisation | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Dr Georgia De Nolfo visited us for a week in January 2018 to work on comparing PAMELA spacecraft data with our simulations of SEP propagation. This collaboration is ongoing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | 3D test particle simulations of relativistic protons during flare/CME events. |
| Impact | Conference presentation at SHINE Meeting 2018 and at ICRC 2019. Two refereed journal papers currently in preparation. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Drs Keith Ryan, Alex Hands, Fan Lei, University of Surrey |
| Organisation | University of Surrey |
| Department | Surrey Space Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Cooperation in deriving models for space weather forecasting of radiation risk to aviation |
| Collaborator Contribution | Modelling radiation transfer through the atmosphere |
| Impact | Models for space weather forecasting |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | ISSI International Team: Solar Extreme Events - Setting up a Paradigm |
| Organisation | ETH Zurich |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Research on extreme solar particle events |
| Collaborator Contribution | Research on extreme solar particle events |
| Impact | Publications in progress |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | ISSI International Team: Solar Extreme Events - Setting up a Paradigm |
| Organisation | University of Arizona |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Research on extreme solar particle events |
| Collaborator Contribution | Research on extreme solar particle events |
| Impact | Publications in progress |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | ISSI International Team: Solar Extreme Events - Setting up a Paradigm |
| Organisation | University of Oulu |
| Country | Finland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Research on extreme solar particle events |
| Collaborator Contribution | Research on extreme solar particle events |
| Impact | Publications in progress |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | ISSI team 469, on using energetic particles to investigate solar wind structures |
| Organisation | China University of Geosciences |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Timo Laitinen was invited to be part of this Team funded by the International Space Science Institute (ISSI, Bern, Switzerland) to hold a series of research meetings. The team is researching how to use solar energetic particles to investigate solar wind structures and infer solar wind magnetic field configurations. The first meeting was to take place in April 2020 in Bern, Switzerland, but this was cancelled due to coronavirus situation. An online meeting was organised during the online American Geophysical Union meeting in December 2021. The first in-person meeting in Bern took place in July 2022, and the second meeting, in Beijing, will take place in June 2023. In the Bern meeting, Laitinen gave a talk about the recent work, now published, receiving valuable feedback. Laitinen also participated actively in discussion of the works of other participants. Further collaborative work was planned, and is in progress. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners provided valuable comments to ongoing work during the meeting. Wider range of topics were discussed, and collaborative work was discussed. |
| Impact | 10.3847/1538-4357/aca892 (contribution from other team members through discussions during the meeting) |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | ISSI team 469, on using energetic particles to investigate solar wind structures |
| Organisation | Florida Institute of Technology |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Timo Laitinen was invited to be part of this Team funded by the International Space Science Institute (ISSI, Bern, Switzerland) to hold a series of research meetings. The team is researching how to use solar energetic particles to investigate solar wind structures and infer solar wind magnetic field configurations. The first meeting was to take place in April 2020 in Bern, Switzerland, but this was cancelled due to coronavirus situation. An online meeting was organised during the online American Geophysical Union meeting in December 2021. The first in-person meeting in Bern took place in July 2022, and the second meeting, in Beijing, will take place in June 2023. In the Bern meeting, Laitinen gave a talk about the recent work, now published, receiving valuable feedback. Laitinen also participated actively in discussion of the works of other participants. Further collaborative work was planned, and is in progress. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners provided valuable comments to ongoing work during the meeting. Wider range of topics were discussed, and collaborative work was discussed. |
| Impact | 10.3847/1538-4357/aca892 (contribution from other team members through discussions during the meeting) |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | ISSI team 469, on using energetic particles to investigate solar wind structures |
| Organisation | Harbin Institute of Technology |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Timo Laitinen was invited to be part of this Team funded by the International Space Science Institute (ISSI, Bern, Switzerland) to hold a series of research meetings. The team is researching how to use solar energetic particles to investigate solar wind structures and infer solar wind magnetic field configurations. The first meeting was to take place in April 2020 in Bern, Switzerland, but this was cancelled due to coronavirus situation. An online meeting was organised during the online American Geophysical Union meeting in December 2021. The first in-person meeting in Bern took place in July 2022, and the second meeting, in Beijing, will take place in June 2023. In the Bern meeting, Laitinen gave a talk about the recent work, now published, receiving valuable feedback. Laitinen also participated actively in discussion of the works of other participants. Further collaborative work was planned, and is in progress. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners provided valuable comments to ongoing work during the meeting. Wider range of topics were discussed, and collaborative work was discussed. |
| Impact | 10.3847/1538-4357/aca892 (contribution from other team members through discussions during the meeting) |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | ISSI team 469, on using energetic particles to investigate solar wind structures |
| Organisation | Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres |
| Department | German Research Centre for Geosciences |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Timo Laitinen was invited to be part of this Team funded by the International Space Science Institute (ISSI, Bern, Switzerland) to hold a series of research meetings. The team is researching how to use solar energetic particles to investigate solar wind structures and infer solar wind magnetic field configurations. The first meeting was to take place in April 2020 in Bern, Switzerland, but this was cancelled due to coronavirus situation. An online meeting was organised during the online American Geophysical Union meeting in December 2021. The first in-person meeting in Bern took place in July 2022, and the second meeting, in Beijing, will take place in June 2023. In the Bern meeting, Laitinen gave a talk about the recent work, now published, receiving valuable feedback. Laitinen also participated actively in discussion of the works of other participants. Further collaborative work was planned, and is in progress. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners provided valuable comments to ongoing work during the meeting. Wider range of topics were discussed, and collaborative work was discussed. |
| Impact | 10.3847/1538-4357/aca892 (contribution from other team members through discussions during the meeting) |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | ISSI team 469, on using energetic particles to investigate solar wind structures |
| Organisation | Johns Hopkins University |
| Department | Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Timo Laitinen was invited to be part of this Team funded by the International Space Science Institute (ISSI, Bern, Switzerland) to hold a series of research meetings. The team is researching how to use solar energetic particles to investigate solar wind structures and infer solar wind magnetic field configurations. The first meeting was to take place in April 2020 in Bern, Switzerland, but this was cancelled due to coronavirus situation. An online meeting was organised during the online American Geophysical Union meeting in December 2021. The first in-person meeting in Bern took place in July 2022, and the second meeting, in Beijing, will take place in June 2023. In the Bern meeting, Laitinen gave a talk about the recent work, now published, receiving valuable feedback. Laitinen also participated actively in discussion of the works of other participants. Further collaborative work was planned, and is in progress. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners provided valuable comments to ongoing work during the meeting. Wider range of topics were discussed, and collaborative work was discussed. |
| Impact | 10.3847/1538-4357/aca892 (contribution from other team members through discussions during the meeting) |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | ISSI team 469, on using energetic particles to investigate solar wind structures |
| Organisation | Peking University |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Timo Laitinen was invited to be part of this Team funded by the International Space Science Institute (ISSI, Bern, Switzerland) to hold a series of research meetings. The team is researching how to use solar energetic particles to investigate solar wind structures and infer solar wind magnetic field configurations. The first meeting was to take place in April 2020 in Bern, Switzerland, but this was cancelled due to coronavirus situation. An online meeting was organised during the online American Geophysical Union meeting in December 2021. The first in-person meeting in Bern took place in July 2022, and the second meeting, in Beijing, will take place in June 2023. In the Bern meeting, Laitinen gave a talk about the recent work, now published, receiving valuable feedback. Laitinen also participated actively in discussion of the works of other participants. Further collaborative work was planned, and is in progress. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners provided valuable comments to ongoing work during the meeting. Wider range of topics were discussed, and collaborative work was discussed. |
| Impact | 10.3847/1538-4357/aca892 (contribution from other team members through discussions during the meeting) |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | ISSI team 469, on using energetic particles to investigate solar wind structures |
| Organisation | Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Timo Laitinen was invited to be part of this Team funded by the International Space Science Institute (ISSI, Bern, Switzerland) to hold a series of research meetings. The team is researching how to use solar energetic particles to investigate solar wind structures and infer solar wind magnetic field configurations. The first meeting was to take place in April 2020 in Bern, Switzerland, but this was cancelled due to coronavirus situation. An online meeting was organised during the online American Geophysical Union meeting in December 2021. The first in-person meeting in Bern took place in July 2022, and the second meeting, in Beijing, will take place in June 2023. In the Bern meeting, Laitinen gave a talk about the recent work, now published, receiving valuable feedback. Laitinen also participated actively in discussion of the works of other participants. Further collaborative work was planned, and is in progress. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners provided valuable comments to ongoing work during the meeting. Wider range of topics were discussed, and collaborative work was discussed. |
| Impact | 10.3847/1538-4357/aca892 (contribution from other team members through discussions during the meeting) |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | ISSI team 469, on using energetic particles to investigate solar wind structures |
| Organisation | Russian Academy of Sciences |
| Department | Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute |
| Country | Russian Federation |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Timo Laitinen was invited to be part of this Team funded by the International Space Science Institute (ISSI, Bern, Switzerland) to hold a series of research meetings. The team is researching how to use solar energetic particles to investigate solar wind structures and infer solar wind magnetic field configurations. The first meeting was to take place in April 2020 in Bern, Switzerland, but this was cancelled due to coronavirus situation. An online meeting was organised during the online American Geophysical Union meeting in December 2021. The first in-person meeting in Bern took place in July 2022, and the second meeting, in Beijing, will take place in June 2023. In the Bern meeting, Laitinen gave a talk about the recent work, now published, receiving valuable feedback. Laitinen also participated actively in discussion of the works of other participants. Further collaborative work was planned, and is in progress. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners provided valuable comments to ongoing work during the meeting. Wider range of topics were discussed, and collaborative work was discussed. |
| Impact | 10.3847/1538-4357/aca892 (contribution from other team members through discussions during the meeting) |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | ISSI team 469, on using energetic particles to investigate solar wind structures |
| Organisation | University of Alabama in Huntsville |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Timo Laitinen was invited to be part of this Team funded by the International Space Science Institute (ISSI, Bern, Switzerland) to hold a series of research meetings. The team is researching how to use solar energetic particles to investigate solar wind structures and infer solar wind magnetic field configurations. The first meeting was to take place in April 2020 in Bern, Switzerland, but this was cancelled due to coronavirus situation. An online meeting was organised during the online American Geophysical Union meeting in December 2021. The first in-person meeting in Bern took place in July 2022, and the second meeting, in Beijing, will take place in June 2023. In the Bern meeting, Laitinen gave a talk about the recent work, now published, receiving valuable feedback. Laitinen also participated actively in discussion of the works of other participants. Further collaborative work was planned, and is in progress. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners provided valuable comments to ongoing work during the meeting. Wider range of topics were discussed, and collaborative work was discussed. |
| Impact | 10.3847/1538-4357/aca892 (contribution from other team members through discussions during the meeting) |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | ISSI team 469, on using energetic particles to investigate solar wind structures |
| Organisation | University of Leuven |
| Country | Belgium |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Timo Laitinen was invited to be part of this Team funded by the International Space Science Institute (ISSI, Bern, Switzerland) to hold a series of research meetings. The team is researching how to use solar energetic particles to investigate solar wind structures and infer solar wind magnetic field configurations. The first meeting was to take place in April 2020 in Bern, Switzerland, but this was cancelled due to coronavirus situation. An online meeting was organised during the online American Geophysical Union meeting in December 2021. The first in-person meeting in Bern took place in July 2022, and the second meeting, in Beijing, will take place in June 2023. In the Bern meeting, Laitinen gave a talk about the recent work, now published, receiving valuable feedback. Laitinen also participated actively in discussion of the works of other participants. Further collaborative work was planned, and is in progress. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners provided valuable comments to ongoing work during the meeting. Wider range of topics were discussed, and collaborative work was discussed. |
| Impact | 10.3847/1538-4357/aca892 (contribution from other team members through discussions during the meeting) |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | ISSI team 469, on using energetic particles to investigate solar wind structures |
| Organisation | University of New Hampshire |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Timo Laitinen was invited to be part of this Team funded by the International Space Science Institute (ISSI, Bern, Switzerland) to hold a series of research meetings. The team is researching how to use solar energetic particles to investigate solar wind structures and infer solar wind magnetic field configurations. The first meeting was to take place in April 2020 in Bern, Switzerland, but this was cancelled due to coronavirus situation. An online meeting was organised during the online American Geophysical Union meeting in December 2021. The first in-person meeting in Bern took place in July 2022, and the second meeting, in Beijing, will take place in June 2023. In the Bern meeting, Laitinen gave a talk about the recent work, now published, receiving valuable feedback. Laitinen also participated actively in discussion of the works of other participants. Further collaborative work was planned, and is in progress. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners provided valuable comments to ongoing work during the meeting. Wider range of topics were discussed, and collaborative work was discussed. |
| Impact | 10.3847/1538-4357/aca892 (contribution from other team members through discussions during the meeting) |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | ISSI team 469, on using energetic particles to investigate solar wind structures |
| Organisation | University of Wurzburg |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Timo Laitinen was invited to be part of this Team funded by the International Space Science Institute (ISSI, Bern, Switzerland) to hold a series of research meetings. The team is researching how to use solar energetic particles to investigate solar wind structures and infer solar wind magnetic field configurations. The first meeting was to take place in April 2020 in Bern, Switzerland, but this was cancelled due to coronavirus situation. An online meeting was organised during the online American Geophysical Union meeting in December 2021. The first in-person meeting in Bern took place in July 2022, and the second meeting, in Beijing, will take place in June 2023. In the Bern meeting, Laitinen gave a talk about the recent work, now published, receiving valuable feedback. Laitinen also participated actively in discussion of the works of other participants. Further collaborative work was planned, and is in progress. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners provided valuable comments to ongoing work during the meeting. Wider range of topics were discussed, and collaborative work was discussed. |
| Impact | 10.3847/1538-4357/aca892 (contribution from other team members through discussions during the meeting) |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Prof Lucie Green, Dr Stephanie Yardley, MSSL |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Department | Mullard Space Science Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Simulations of SEP propagation |
| Collaborator Contribution | Analysis of solar eruptions |
| Impact | Better understanding of eruptive phenomena at the Sun, to be incorporated into forecasting models. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Use of L5 Data in CME Propagation Models. P3-SWE-IV. |
| Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Proposal for an ESA-funded project for investigating use of a spacecraft at L5 to forecast space weather efffects due to coronal mass ejections. The project was approved, with RAL as lead applicant and the others as subcontractors. The subcontracts were projected to start April 2021, but due to partly Covid-related delays , the project started only in October 2022, and is currently projected to end 1 June 2023. Dr. Laitinen is the PI of the UCLan subcontract, and supervises the project subproject, which is being delivered by Dr. Bill Swalwell. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners provided modelling and observational data on coronal mass ejections observed by STEREO spacecraft. The UCLan group then utilised this data in analysing how inclusion of observations of the CME at Earth and L5 affect the forecasting of solar energetic particle fluxes at Earth. |
| Impact | Outputs are anticipated in terms of reports from first-second quarter of 2023. Publications are anticipated. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Use of L5 Data in CME Propagation Models. P3-SWE-IV. |
| Organisation | Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
| Department | RAL Space |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Proposal for an ESA-funded project for investigating use of a spacecraft at L5 to forecast space weather efffects due to coronal mass ejections. The project was approved, with RAL as lead applicant and the others as subcontractors. The subcontracts were projected to start April 2021, but due to partly Covid-related delays , the project started only in October 2022, and is currently projected to end 1 June 2023. Dr. Laitinen is the PI of the UCLan subcontract, and supervises the project subproject, which is being delivered by Dr. Bill Swalwell. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners provided modelling and observational data on coronal mass ejections observed by STEREO spacecraft. The UCLan group then utilised this data in analysing how inclusion of observations of the CME at Earth and L5 affect the forecasting of solar energetic particle fluxes at Earth. |
| Impact | Outputs are anticipated in terms of reports from first-second quarter of 2023. Publications are anticipated. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Use of L5 Data in CME Propagation Models. P3-SWE-IV. |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Department | Department of Space and Climate Physics (MSSL) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Proposal for an ESA-funded project for investigating use of a spacecraft at L5 to forecast space weather efffects due to coronal mass ejections. The project was approved, with RAL as lead applicant and the others as subcontractors. The subcontracts were projected to start April 2021, but due to partly Covid-related delays , the project started only in October 2022, and is currently projected to end 1 June 2023. Dr. Laitinen is the PI of the UCLan subcontract, and supervises the project subproject, which is being delivered by Dr. Bill Swalwell. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners provided modelling and observational data on coronal mass ejections observed by STEREO spacecraft. The UCLan group then utilised this data in analysing how inclusion of observations of the CME at Earth and L5 affect the forecasting of solar energetic particle fluxes at Earth. |
| Impact | Outputs are anticipated in terms of reports from first-second quarter of 2023. Publications are anticipated. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Use of L5 Data in CME Propagation Models. P3-SWE-IV. |
| Organisation | University of Graz |
| Country | Austria |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Proposal for an ESA-funded project for investigating use of a spacecraft at L5 to forecast space weather efffects due to coronal mass ejections. The project was approved, with RAL as lead applicant and the others as subcontractors. The subcontracts were projected to start April 2021, but due to partly Covid-related delays , the project started only in October 2022, and is currently projected to end 1 June 2023. Dr. Laitinen is the PI of the UCLan subcontract, and supervises the project subproject, which is being delivered by Dr. Bill Swalwell. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners provided modelling and observational data on coronal mass ejections observed by STEREO spacecraft. The UCLan group then utilised this data in analysing how inclusion of observations of the CME at Earth and L5 affect the forecasting of solar energetic particle fluxes at Earth. |
| Impact | Outputs are anticipated in terms of reports from first-second quarter of 2023. Publications are anticipated. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Use of L5 Data in CME Propagation Models. P3-SWE-IV. |
| Organisation | University of Göttingen |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Proposal for an ESA-funded project for investigating use of a spacecraft at L5 to forecast space weather efffects due to coronal mass ejections. The project was approved, with RAL as lead applicant and the others as subcontractors. The subcontracts were projected to start April 2021, but due to partly Covid-related delays , the project started only in October 2022, and is currently projected to end 1 June 2023. Dr. Laitinen is the PI of the UCLan subcontract, and supervises the project subproject, which is being delivered by Dr. Bill Swalwell. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners provided modelling and observational data on coronal mass ejections observed by STEREO spacecraft. The UCLan group then utilised this data in analysing how inclusion of observations of the CME at Earth and L5 affect the forecasting of solar energetic particle fluxes at Earth. |
| Impact | Outputs are anticipated in terms of reports from first-second quarter of 2023. Publications are anticipated. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Use of L5 Data in CME Propagation Models. P3-SWE-IV. |
| Organisation | University of Helsinki |
| Country | Finland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Proposal for an ESA-funded project for investigating use of a spacecraft at L5 to forecast space weather efffects due to coronal mass ejections. The project was approved, with RAL as lead applicant and the others as subcontractors. The subcontracts were projected to start April 2021, but due to partly Covid-related delays , the project started only in October 2022, and is currently projected to end 1 June 2023. Dr. Laitinen is the PI of the UCLan subcontract, and supervises the project subproject, which is being delivered by Dr. Bill Swalwell. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners provided modelling and observational data on coronal mass ejections observed by STEREO spacecraft. The UCLan group then utilised this data in analysing how inclusion of observations of the CME at Earth and L5 affect the forecasting of solar energetic particle fluxes at Earth. |
| Impact | Outputs are anticipated in terms of reports from first-second quarter of 2023. Publications are anticipated. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Use of L5 Data in CME Propagation Models. P3-SWE-IV. |
| Organisation | University of Reading |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Proposal for an ESA-funded project for investigating use of a spacecraft at L5 to forecast space weather efffects due to coronal mass ejections. The project was approved, with RAL as lead applicant and the others as subcontractors. The subcontracts were projected to start April 2021, but due to partly Covid-related delays , the project started only in October 2022, and is currently projected to end 1 June 2023. Dr. Laitinen is the PI of the UCLan subcontract, and supervises the project subproject, which is being delivered by Dr. Bill Swalwell. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners provided modelling and observational data on coronal mass ejections observed by STEREO spacecraft. The UCLan group then utilised this data in analysing how inclusion of observations of the CME at Earth and L5 affect the forecasting of solar energetic particle fluxes at Earth. |
| Impact | Outputs are anticipated in terms of reports from first-second quarter of 2023. Publications are anticipated. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Use of L5 Data in CME Propagation Models. P3-SWE-IV. |
| Organisation | University of St Andrews |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Proposal for an ESA-funded project for investigating use of a spacecraft at L5 to forecast space weather efffects due to coronal mass ejections. The project was approved, with RAL as lead applicant and the others as subcontractors. The subcontracts were projected to start April 2021, but due to partly Covid-related delays , the project started only in October 2022, and is currently projected to end 1 June 2023. Dr. Laitinen is the PI of the UCLan subcontract, and supervises the project subproject, which is being delivered by Dr. Bill Swalwell. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners provided modelling and observational data on coronal mass ejections observed by STEREO spacecraft. The UCLan group then utilised this data in analysing how inclusion of observations of the CME at Earth and L5 affect the forecasting of solar energetic particle fluxes at Earth. |
| Impact | Outputs are anticipated in terms of reports from first-second quarter of 2023. Publications are anticipated. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Jeremiah Horrocks Public Lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Approximately 100 members of the public attended the public lecture "Weather in Space: how to forecast a radiation storm" given by Prof Silvia Dalla on 19th October 2021. This is part of a longstanding series of public lectures organised by the Jeremiah Horrocks Institute. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | http://www.star.uclan.ac.uk/2021/10/06/the-jeremiah-horrocks-lecture-weather-in-space-how-to-forecas... |