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Space Weather Workshop 2012. Jae- hyung Lee, Sun- hak Hong, Jin- wook Han, Young- kyu Kim. Early SWX Records in Korea. “It spread across the sky like a piece of silk cloth and then dispersed” (1770, Chan-jip- cheong ).
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Space Weather Workshop 2012 Jae-hyung Lee, Sun-hak Hong, Jin-wook Han, Young-kyu Kim
Early SWX Records in Korea “It spread across the sky like a piece of silk cloth and then dispersed” (1770, Chan-jip-cheong) “It spread across the sky like a piece of silk cloth and then dispersed” (1770, Chan-jip-cheong) “There is a black spot in the sun as large as an egg” (1151, Goryeo-Sa) “There is a black spot in the sun as large as an egg” (1151, Goryeo-Sa)
History & Origin of KSWC Alerts Service via SMS Sunspot Obs. Radio Comm. Act Solar Radio Spectrograph F10.7 Solar Flux Meter Geomag. Obs. 1975 1985 1995 2006 2007 1966 1967 1998 2009 2011 Foun. of the RRA Internet SWx Service (http://spaceweather.go.kr) Opening KSWC(The 14th RWC of ISES)(ACE tracking station, IPS, RIMS) NOAA & RRA Agreement(Personnel exchanges;Hong(2010), Onsager(2011), Han(2012)) Iono. Obs. &HF Predi.
Its’ Launch & Orbit On • Dec 2010Building Completion • Aug 2011 • Foundationof the Center • Nov 2011 • Ceremonyfor Opening & • ISES member • Dec 2011Forecast SystemCompletion • Feb 2011StartingACE tracking • Mar 2012User Conference
Organization Chart Korean Space Weather Center Observation Team ForecastTeam Plan. & Adm.Team R&DTeam Korea Air Force 감 사 Joint operation by RRA and KAF Begin with 23 staff and 4 teams (15 Gov. + 2 AF(July 2012) + 2 Researchers + 4 Technicians) 24x7 operations in the near future Key Message
Forecasting Office Monitoring space weather conditions and data collecting networks Producing daily forecast and issuing Alerts and Warnings 9hr/weekday in norm days, 24hr in SWx critical days Key Message
Observation Customers Defense Comm. Aviation Satellite Power Comm. Operational Flow Products Ionosondes & TECs Ground Based 700+ Subscribers (Apr. 18, 2012) Magnetometers 3-hourly Condi. & Forecast 3-day Forecast(daily) SRS 27-day Forecast(weekly) HF prediction(monthly) F10.7 Meter ISES URSigram(daily) Alerts IPS(`11) Warnnings Defense RIMS(`11) Space Based Communication Link ACE Tracking(`12) ISES RWCs Inter Agency
ACE Satellite Tracking Station A 13-meter dish for receiving ACE’s real-time solar wind data Serving the East Asia region starting Feb 2012 Ready for ACE follow-on (DSCOVR) Key Message
Interplanetary Scintillation Monitor 32 tiles × 24 array elements (768 antennas, Active aperture ≈ 760 m² ) Digital beam formers for tracking 80 radio sources (327 MHz) Providing CME’s speed, direction & density Key Message
Solar Radio Interference Measurement System 20~500 MHz 0.5~1 GHz 1~8 GHz 8~18 GHz 20 points selectable, 20 MHz ~ 18 GHz Monitoring SRI on critical communication bands Validation is needed by comparing with USAF’s RIMS Key Message
Real-time Local K-index Key Message Using SWPC(Dr. Christopher Balch) algorithm Expecting to be added in SWPC’s estimated Kp calculation
Migration to Customer Oriented Services Customized Alerts & Warnings to Each User Alerts & Warnings for Global Disturbance Ionospheric Disturbance EffectPrediction Solar Radio Noise Effect Prediction Solar Activity Predictionusing Image Processing GEO Satellite Environment Prediction SELab SET SELab KASI
Strong Partnership AOSWA Inter Agencies International ISES KMA NOAASWPC Ministry of L.T.M. Affair NICT KSWC ETRI KAF IPS KASI SIDC KHU WMO’s ICTSW More … More … ITU