Science questions/topics/issues

Why are there fewer large flares as the solar cycle begins to rise/turn?

Why is magnetic field strength not increasing during rise phase?

What is the role of the short-term/2 year variation in frequency shifts during minimum and the rise phase?

How has horizontal flux changed, if at all, in 4 years and how might it be related to the rise phase?

What are the significant changes in coronal holes, polar and on-disk, during the minimum and rise phase?

How has the HCS changed during minimum and rise phases?

- Project team

The specific science goals

Year 1:
Current solar minimum - can we locate the atmospheric respnse to changes internally?
Year 2:
Comparative studies of the global solar changes over the last 3 cycles.
Year 3:
Improved methods for forecasting of the activity level of cycle 24 and beyond.

 

Institutions participating in the Network

Lead by:
UCL - Mullard Space Science Laboratory
Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6NT, UK
  • School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham
    Edgebaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK

  • Institut d´Astrophysique Spatiale, Universite Paris-Sud 11 and CNRS (UMB 8617)
    Batiment 121, F-91405 Orsay, France

  • National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
    Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan

  • National Solar Observatory
    P.O. Box 26732, Tucson, AZ 85726-6732, USA

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