Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Nov 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006ihy..worke..67f&link_type=abstract
2nd UN/NASA Workshop on International Heliophysical Year and Basic Space Science. Proceedings of the conference held 27 Novembe
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
At the present time the magnetic planetary indices, specially the Kp (Ap) index, are basically North Hemisphere indices since the ample majority of the magnetic observatories that generate the indices are located above the Equator.The improving necessity in the coverage of the planetary indices leads to the installation of new and modern equipment in the Southern Hemisphere. Brazil has a special location in terms of being the site for the installation of such equipment. The South Atlantic Magnetic Anomaly (SAMA) is over the South Brazilian region at this moment and there are several groups from research institutes and universities, in Brazil, that can operate and maintain the equipments, carry out the data analysis and put the available data on the Internet. Space weather is a modern term to denote physical conditions in space around the Earth that are ultimately determined by solar activity. Space weather manifests itself through various physical phenomena such as enhanced intensity of hard radiation, increased strength of electric and magnetic fields and elevated magnitude of electric currents, to name only a few. A "magnetic storm", which may also be called a "space storm", is a rather violent phase of space weather and is often caused by solar outbursts such as flares and coronal mass ejections. Solar outbursts create disturbances of the solar wind that may impact the Earth environment with a delay of a few days after their eruption from the Sun. Also at the present time the Kp world network is composed of 13 magnetic observatories, 11 northern and two southern stations. The K indices are defined everywhere, but are most significant at sub-auroral latitudes. In the proposed project several magnetometers in the network could contribute to the generation of the planetary average giving a more realistic character to the index. Main scientific goals: - Improvement in the monitoring of the Southern Hemisphere magnetic variations - Local and continuous monitoring of the South Atlantic Magnetic Anomaly (SAMA) - Magnetosphere/atmosphere interaction - Equilibrium mechanisms of the Van Allen Radiation Belts (Trimpi events versus geomagnetic activity) In this presentation we will defend the implementation of a small network of magnetometers on the Brazilian territory (Figure 1) and we will show some important benefits that it could bring to the current space physics research, specially having in mind the implementation of the IHY-2007.
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Fernandez José Henrique
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