Abstract
The Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S) is a mission aiming at exploring solar flares, coronal mass ejections (CMEs), solar magnetic field and their relationships. To fulfill its major scientific objectives, ASO-S has three elaborately-designed payloads onboard: the Full-disk vector MagnetoGraph (FMG), the Lyman-alpha Solar Telescope (LST), and the Hard X-ray Imager (HXI) dedicated to observe vector magnetic fields, CMEs, and flares, respectively. Beside the scientific objectives, we have an operational objective to observe solar eruptions and magnetic field for making related space weather forecasts. More specifically, we have set a priority for the downlink of CME data observed by LST, and will distribute those data to different space weather prediction centers in China within two hours once the Science Operation and Data Center (SODC) of ASO-S receive the data. After data downlink and archiving, different automatic detection, tracking, and cataloguing procedures are planned to run for the most critical solar eruptive features. On the other hand, based on the distributed and downloaded data, different space weather prediction centers are to activate their forecast systems for the ASO-S observed solar eruption events. Our particular interests are currently focused on nowcast of different eruption events, prediction of CME arrivals, forecast of solar flares and the onset of solar eruptions. We are also working on further forecast potentials using the ASO-S data to make contributions to other possible important issues of space weather.
Highlights
The Sun is the major driver of space weather
Based on the scientific and operational objectives, payloads and available data products of Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S), in this paper, we mainly review on the space-weather products which are applicable to the ASO-S mission, and are developed by different prediction centers in China
There are three major scientific objectives and one major operational objective for this mission [10]: (1) To simultaneously acquire non-thermal images of solar flares in hard X-rays, and the initiations of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in Lyα waveband, in order to understand the relationships between flares and CMEs; (2) To simultaneously observe the full-disk vector magnetic field, the energy build up and release of solar flares, and the formation of CMEs, in order to understand the causality among them; (3) To record the response of solar atmosphere to eruptions, in order to understand the mechanisms of energy release and transport; (4) To observe solar eruptions and the evolution of magnetic field, in order to provide clues for forecasting space weather
Summary
The Sun is the major driver of space weather. Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are eruptions of plasma and magnetic field from the solar corona, and solar flares are sudden enhancement of radiation. We have an operational objective, that is, to observe solar eruptions and magnetic fields, and provide data products to different space weather prediction centers in China for designing suitable forecast products and making corresponding forecasts. To fulfill its major scientific and operational objectives, the Chinese solar physics community proposed the ASO-S mission, which has three elaborately designed payloads: the Full-disc vector MagnetoGraph (FMG, [11, 12]), the Lyman-alpha (Lyα) Solar Telescope (LST, [13,14,15]), and the Hard X-ray Imager (HXI, [16, 17]) dedicated to observe magnetic fields, CMEs, and flares, respectively. Based on the scientific and operational objectives, payloads and available data products of ASO-S, in this paper, we mainly review on the space-weather products which are applicable to the ASO-S mission, and are developed by different prediction centers in China. We welcome further contributions from the space weather community to fulfill the operational objective of the mission
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