Events in Physics
Fan Lei (Surrey): Radiation Impacts of Extreme Space Weather Events on Earth – Observation and Modelling
Location: PS1.28
Extreme space weather events, such as the solar energetic particles and geomagnetic storms, can dramatically change the atmospheric ionization radiation field and have profound impacts to aviation in terms of the enhanced radiation exposure to crew and passengers, and more importantly malfunctions of avionics. Such impacts can be significant even at ground level during a so-called ground level enhancement (GLE) event. In this talk, we access these impacts in the cases of extreme GLEs, and report on the observational and modelling activities of the Surrey Space Centre team on these subjects over the past decades and the latest developments.