CME Research and Space Weather Support for the SECCHI Experiments on the STEREO Mission
Abstract
The work was a 3-year Phase E effort focused on coronal mass ejection (CME) and space weather research as applied to the STEREO mission program. This work included 1) Developing programs and techniques for the reduction and analyses of the data returned from the STEREO SECCHI instruments regarding the origin of CMEs, their transport through the heliosphere, and interaction with Earth's environment. The SECCHI data being returned provide stereo views of the Sun, the corona and CMEs, and yield fundamentally new insights into the 3-dimensional structure of the Sun's corona and CMEs. Our work involved the development of new and innovative approaches to performing the data analysis, including comparisons with other STEREO instruments, and other data sets where appropriate; 2) Analysis of the stereo imaging data from the SECCHI Heliospheric Imager (HI) instrument. The analysis techniques for the HI data required comparisons with other STEREO instruments, data from the Solar Mass Ejection Imager (SMEI); 3) Coordinating and developing space weather-related research and forecasting tools for SECCHI and STEREO, including near-real time monitoring and analyses of the imaging data returned from the SECCHI experiments, primarily using Beacon data.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 14, 2014
- Accession Number
- ADA622052
Entities
People
- David F. Webb
Organizations
- Boston College