Astronomy & Space Sciences
Title : | Solar Flares: Physics and forecasting for better understanding of Space Weather |
Area of research : | Astronomy & Space Sciences |
Focus area : | Solar fares |
Principal Investigator : | Dr. Durgesh Tripathi, Professor, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, Maharashtra |
Timeline Start Year : | 2022 |
Contact info : | durgesh@iucaa.in |
Details
Executive Summary : | Solar flares demonstrates the most energetic physical processes in the solar atmosphere with associated space weather phenomenon. The project focuses on understanding the physics of solar flares and forecast them in a reasonable time to provide space weather warnings. This project is aimed at utilizing the high cadence, full disk observations of the chromosphere that will be made available from the Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) onboard the Aditya-L1 mission of ISRO. The project will complement the efforts for forecasting of flares based on imaging data taken from ground based telescope and SUIT Instruments and will be useful for space weather studies and prediction. |
Co-PI: | Dr. Nandita Srivastava, Physical Research Laboratory, ISRO, Ahmedabad |
Total Budget (INR): | 43,67,000 |
Achievements : | The project being undertaken by ISRO in collaboration with academia is directly or indirectly beneficial to the society. |
Organizations involved