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Solar Storms around Earth and the terrestrial planets from 2007-2015
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posted on 2017-02-02, 13:12 authored by Christian MoestlChristian Moestl, Peter Boakes, Alexey Isavnin, Emilia Kilpua, Jackie Davies, David Barnes, Richard Harrison, Brian Anderson, Reka Winslow, Lydia PhilpottAlmost 9 years of spacecraft observations condensed into 14 minutes.
This animation shows, on the left side, solar storms that propagate as circular fronts away from the Sun, based on data from the heliospheric imagers onboard the two NASA STEREO spacecraft.
On the right side, in situ magnetic field components and the total field are shown from various spacecraft exploring the inner heliosphere during the same time: MESSENGER, Venus Express, Wind near Earth and the two STEREO spacecraft themselves. Whenever a solar storm impacts a spacecraft, a circle lights up and fades at the impact location in the left panel.
This was made possible by the EU-funded HELCATS project.
HI tracking and modeling: R. Harrison, J. Davies, D. Barnes et al. at RAL, UK
In situ data: C. Moestl, P. Boakes, University of Graz, Austria and A. Isavnin, E. Kilpua University of Helsinki, Finland
