Open AccessChanging of the Guard: Satellite Will Warn Earth of Solar Storms
Author(s) -
D. J. Knipp,
D. A. Biesecker
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2015eo026579
Subject(s) - storm , satellite , guard (computer science) , environmental science , meteorology , astrobiology , computer science , geography , engineering , aerospace engineering , physics , programming language
This summer, Earth gets a new guardianthe Deep Space Climate Observatoryto help warn astronauts and operators of critical planetary infrastructure about the Sun's raging magnetic storms.