Improved Observational Coverage of the Solar Magnetic Field
Whitepaper #062 in the Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) 2024-2033. Main topics: space weather applications; basic research. Additional topics: space weather research/operations/research loop; ground-based missions/projects; solar physics; […]
by M. C. M. Cheung, N. H. Mathews, Meng Jin, N. V. Nitta, Hannah Schunker, Alexei Pevtsov, Samuel Badman, and Georgios Chintzoglou
Published onJul 31, 2023
Improved Observational Coverage of the Solar Magnetic Field
Full-disk magnetograms are only routinely available along the Sun-Earth line. The lack of 360 deg and 4pi steradian coverage introduces large systematic errors in models of the global coronal magnetic field, solar wind, coronal mass ejections and energetic particle events. A systems approach and community driven modeling effort is needed to determine a constellation mission to fill this gap.
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