Mark Dierckxsens Space Weather and Solar Energetic Particles 1

M. Dierckxsens1, K. Tziotziou2, S. Dalla3, I. Patsou2, M. Marsh3, N. Crosby1, O. Malandraki2, N. Lygeros2

1Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy 2IAASARS, National Observatory of Athens, GREECE 3University of Central Lancashire, UNITED KINGDOM

COMESEP and the SEP Forecast ToolHighlighted poster 1

ESWW11, 17-22/11/2014, Liège

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The COMESEP Project

COronal Mass Ejections and Solar Energetic Particles: forecasting the space weather impact

http://www.comesep.eu/

• Feb. 2011 – Jan. 2014• Coordinator: Norma B. Crosby (BIRA-IASB)• EU FP7 project with 7 Teams and 3 External Collaborators• Main goal: Build an operational space weather alert system to forecast

SEP radiation storms and geomagnetic storms based on risk analysis

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The COMESEP Alert System

observation of solar feature

Issuing alerts

Fully automated system

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The SEP Forecast Tool

Flare ≥ M1GOES X Ray

GLE Alert PlusUniv. of Athens

Flare loc.SDO/AIA 94

CMESOHO/LASCO

TRIGGER

Extra information from other tools used. Alert update if arrival after Flaremail.

Protons:• E>10 MeV• E>60 MeV

Statistical analysis SC 23

Test particle model

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The COMESEP Alert Page

http://www.comesep.eu/alert

Alerts though email subscriptionsMore info at poster & fair

Alert info

Alert details

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