Solar particle events from a risk management perspective

Author

Turner, Ronald

Author_Institution

ANSER, Arlington, VA, USA

Volume

28

Issue

6

fYear

2000

fDate

12/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2103

Lastpage

2113

Abstract

Solar particle events pose a health risk to astronauts in space. Today, SPE forecasts are inadequate to provide advance warning with sufficient credibility to lead operators to initiate protective measures. However, research on SPEs and coronal mass ejections suggests that the space weather community is on the verge of substantial improvements in understanding solar energetic particle acceleration and propagation. This paper describes the impact of SPEs, reviews the physics of SPEs, discusses current SPE forecast tools, and describes an approach to provide the comprehensive space weather data necessary to implement physics-based SPE risk management

Keywords

solar cosmic ray particles; solar wind; CME; astronaut; coronal mass ejection; forecast; health hazard; health risk; prediction; propagation; risk management; solar cosmic rays; solar energetic particle acceleration; solar energetic particle event; solar particle event; solar wind; space weather; Extraterrestrial measurements; Hazards; International Space Station; NASA; Physics; Protection; Risk management; Space missions; Space vehicles; Weather forecasting;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/27.902237

Filename

902237