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Improving Ambient Solar Wind Modeling and Prediction

Improving Ambient Solar Wind Modeling and Prediction

Martin A. Reiss (ORCID: 0000-0002-6362-5054)
  • Grant DOI 10.55776/P34437
  • Funding program Principal Investigator Projects
  • Status ongoing
  • Start April 1, 2022
  • End March 31, 2027
  • Funding amount € 351,015
  • Project website
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Disciplines

Physics, Astronomy (100%)

Keywords

    Ambient Solar Wind Modeling and Prediction, Validation Analysis, Solar Corona, Coronal Holes, Ambient Solar Wind

Abstract

The solar wind is a stream of charged particles that constantly emanates from the Sun into our solar system, reaching speeds of up to 800 km/s. The interaction of the solar wind with Earth`s magnetosphere continually leads to increased geomagnetic activity. In addition to the beautiful northern lights, geomagnetic storms can have severe consequences for our modern civilization. Technological infrastructure on the surface and in orbit such as power grids, air traffic, GPS, and radio communication are affected. Knowledge of the structure of the solar wind is therefore critical for successful space research. In this project, we will study the question of how we can accurately model the large-scale structure of the solar wind in our solar system. Here we will develop new approaches to improve the boundary conditions of state-of-the-art solar wind codes. To validate and quantify our progress, we will focus on the comparison of model solutions with solar wind measurements from current space missions such as BepiColombo and Solar Orbiter. This project will provide a better understanding of the sources of the solar wind flow, give insight into the physical condition of the solar wind in our solar system, and improve the boundary conditions of large-scale solar wind models. This research project is led by Dr. Martin A. Reiss at the Space Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Research institution(s)
  • GeoSphere Austria (GSA) - 100%
International project participants
  • Peter Macneice, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - USA
  • Charles Nickolo Arge, NASA Greenbelt - USA
  • Karin Muglach, NASA Greenbelt - USA
  • Matthew Owens, University of Reading - United Kingdom

Research Output

  • 56 Citations
  • 12 Publications
Publications
  • 2024
    Title A Community Data Set for Comparing Automated Coronal Hole Detection Schemes
    DOI 10.3847/1538-4365/ad1408
    Type Journal Article
    Author Reiss M
    Journal The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
    Pages 6
    Link Publication
  • 2025
    Title First Observations of a Geomagnetic Superstorm With a Sub-L1 Monitor
    DOI 10.1029/2024sw004260
    Type Journal Article
    Author Weiler E
    Journal Space Weather
    Link Publication
  • 2024
    Title Probing Velocity Dispersion Inside Coronal Mass Ejections: New Insights on Their Initiation
    DOI 10.3847/2041-8213/ad5da5
    Type Journal Article
    Author Majumdar S
    Journal The Astrophysical Journal Letters
    Link Publication
  • 2024
    Title Flux Rope Modeling of the 2022 September 5 Coronal Mass Ejection Observed by Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter from 0.07 to 0.69 au
    DOI 10.3847/1538-4357/ad64cb
    Type Journal Article
    Author Davies E
    Journal The Astrophysical Journal
    Pages 51
    Link Publication
  • 2023
    Title Automatic Detection of Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections in Solar Wind in Situ Data
    DOI 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-5010
    Type Journal Article
    Author Rüdisser H
    Link Publication
  • 2022
    Title Automatic Detection of Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections in Solar Wind In Situ Data
    DOI 10.1029/2022sw003149
    Type Journal Article
    Author Rüdisser H
    Journal Space Weather
    Link Publication
  • 2023
    Title Progress and Challenges in Understanding the Ambient Solar Magnetic Field, Heating, and Spectral Irradiance
    DOI 10.1016/j.asr.2023.08.039
    Type Journal Article
    Author Reiss M
    Journal Advances in Space Research
    Link Publication
  • 2023
    Title ComsystanJ: A collection of Fiji/ImageJ2 plugins for nonlinear and complexity analysis in 1D, 2D and 3D
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0292217
    Type Journal Article
    Author Ahammer H
    Journal PLOS ONE
    Link Publication
  • 2023
    Title SPASE metadata as a building block of a heliophysics science-enabling framework
    DOI 10.1016/j.asr.2023.09.066
    Type Journal Article
    Author Fung S
    Journal Advances in Space Research
    Pages 5707-5752
    Link Publication
  • 2023
    Title Unifying the validation of ambient solar wind models
    DOI 10.1016/j.asr.2022.05.026
    Type Journal Article
    Author Reiss M
    Journal Advances in Space Research
    Pages 5275-5286
    Link Publication
  • 2022
    Title Unifying the Validation of Ambient Solar Wind Models
    DOI 10.48550/arxiv.2201.13447
    Type Preprint
    Author Reiss M
  • 2022
    Title Automatic Detection of Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections in Solar Wind In Situ Data
    DOI 10.48550/arxiv.2205.03578
    Type Preprint
    Author Rüdisser H

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