New method makes space weather easier to predict
Monday, March 2, 2015 - 08:00
in Astronomy & Space
Scientists can now gain a better understanding of space weather – the dreaded solar winds and flares – thanks to the development of high spatial resolution observation and computing methods. For the first time, it will thus be possible to study the interrelated events that occur on the sun and trigger solar activity. To this effect, a current project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF is in the process of developing new methods that can generate three-dimensional images and will allow scientists to study the chronological sequence and evolution of processes taking place in the sun's interior. These new methods will make it possible to link detailed observational data about the sun with complex computer simulations of solar activity.