High Energy Solar Particle Events foRecastIng and Analysis

Project Information

HESPERIA

Grant agreement ID: 637324

DOI 10.3030/637324

Project closed

EC signature date 22 April 2015

Start date 1 May 2015

End date 30 April 2017

Funded under

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Space

Total cost € 1 208 956,25

EU contribution € 1 101 456,25

Coordinated by

ETHNIKO ASTEROSKOPEIO ATHINON
Greece

Deliverables

Documents, reports (9)

Report on the HESPERIA Workshop and School on Solar Radiation Storms
Recommendation Roadmap Document

Recommendation Roadmap Document UTU is lead beneficiary too

Delivery report of simulation modeling for Fermi/LAT events

Delivery report of simulation modeling for FermiLAT events

Report on the comparison of composition measurements of SEP events in solar cycle 23 & 24

Report on the comparison of composition measurements of SEP events in solar cycle 23 24

Report of modeling for SEP events in solar cycle 23 and 24
Delivery Report of Inversion Methodology for GLE Events
Dissemination and Exploitation Plan
Global analysis of high-energy gamma-ray events and their associated electromagnetic and SEP emissions

Global analysis of highenergy gammaray events and their associated electromagnetic and SEP emissions

Report on the statistical quantification of the comparison of solar cycle 23 and 24

Other (5)

Inversion Software for GLE Events
Web-based front-end of the four SEP prediction tools

Webbased frontend of the four SEP prediction tools

Prototype tool for predicting >500 MeV SEP events by using the UMASEP scheme

Prototype tool for predicting 500 MeV SEP events by using the UMASEP scheme

Documentation and delivery
Prototype tool for predicting 30-50 MeV SEP events by using the RELeASE scheme

Prototype tool for predicting 3050 MeV SEP events by using the RELeASE scheme

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Website of the project consisting of a public and a private section

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (11)

Why is solar cycle 24 an inefficient producer of high-energy particle events?

Author(s): Rami Vainio, Osku Raukunen, Allan J. Tylka, William F. Dietrich, Alexandr Afanasiev
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Issue 604, 2017, Page(s) A47, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201730547

Modelling of proton acceleration in application to a ground level enhancement

Author(s): A. Afanasiev, R. Vainio, A. P. Rouillard, M. Battarbee, A. Aran, P. Zucca
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Issue 614, 2018, Page(s) A4, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201731343

Self-consistent Monte Carlo simulations of proton acceleration in coronal shocks: Effect of anisotropic pitch-angle scattering of particles

Author(s): A. Afanasiev, M. Battarbee, R. Vainio
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Issue 584, 2015, Page(s) A81, ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201526750

Annual Cosmic Ray Spectra from 250 MeV up to 1.6 GeV from 1995 – 2014 Measured with the Electron Proton Helium Instrument onboard SOHO

Author(s): P. Kühl, R. Gómez-Herrero, B. Heber
Published in: Solar Physics, Issue 291/3, 2016, Page(s) 965-974, ISSN 0038-0938
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-016-0879-0

Dynamical small-scale magnetic islands as a source of local acceleration of particles in the solar wind

Author(s): O V Khabarova, G P Zank, G Li, J A le Roux, G M Webb, O E Malandraki, V V Zharkova
Published in: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Issue 642, 2015, Page(s) 012033, ISSN 1742-6588
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/642/1/012033

Observational evidence for local particle acceleration associated with magnetically confined magnetic islands in the heliosphere - a review

Author(s): O.V. Khabarova, G.P. Zank, G. Li, O.E. Malandraki, J.A. le Roux, and G.M. Webb
Published in: Sun and Geosphere, Issue 12/1, January 2017, 2017, Page(s) 23-30, ISSN 2367-8852
Publisher: Sun and Geosphere

Solar cycle dependence of Wind/EPACT protons, solar flares and coronal mass ejections

Author(s): R. Miteva, S. W. Samwel, M. V. Costa-Duarte, and O. E. Malandraki
Published in: Sun and Geosphere, Issue 12/1, January 2017, 2017, Page(s) 11-19, ISSN 2367-8852
Publisher: Sun and Geosphere

Non-extensive statistical analysis of magnetic field during the March 2012 ICME event using a multi-spacecraft approach

Author(s): G.P. Pavlos, O.E. Malandraki, E.G. Pavlos, A.C. Iliopoulos, L.P. Karakatsanis
Published in: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Issue 464, 2016, Page(s) 149-181, ISSN 0378-4371
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2016.07.058

DERIVING THE PROPERTIES OF CORONAL PRESSURE FRONTS IN 3D: APPLICATION TO THE 2012 MAY 17 GROUND LEVEL ENHANCEMENT

Author(s): A. P. Rouillard, I. Plotnikov, R. F. Pinto, M. Tirole, M. Lavarra, P. Zucca, R. Vainio, A. J. Tylka, A. Vourlidas, M. L. De Rosa, J. Linker, A. Warmuth, G. Mann, C. M. S. Cohen, R. A. Mewaldt
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 833/1, 2016, Page(s) 45, ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher: IOP
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/833/1/45

Acceleration and propagation of Solar Energetic Particles

Author(s): K.-L. Klein and S. Dalla
Published in: Space Science Reviews, Issue In Press, 2017, ISSN 1572-9672
Publisher: Springer

Exploring the potential of microwave diagnostics in SEP forecasting: The occurrence of SEP events

Author(s): Pietro Zucca, Marlon N??ez, Karl-Ludwig Klein
Published in: Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, Issue 7, 2017, Page(s) A13, ISSN 2115-7251
Publisher: EDP Sciences
DOI: 10.1051/swsc/2017011

Conference proceedings (7)

Galactic cosmic ray quiet time spectra from 300 MeV up to above 1 GeV measured with SOHO/EPHIN

Author(s): P. Kühl, N. Dresing, J. Gieseler, B. Heber and A. Klassen
Published in: Proceedings of Science (PoS), Issue PoS(ICRC2015) 224, February 2016, 2016, Page(s) PoS(ICRC2015) 224, pages 1-8, ISSN 1824-8039
Publisher: PoS

Rapid determination of cutoff rigidities and asymptotic directions using predetermined parameters in a database

Author(s): R. Bütikofer, E. Flückiger, D. Galsdorf, B. Heber, K. Herbst and C. Steigies
Published in: Proceedings of Science (PoS), Issue PoS(ICRC2015) 112, February 2016, 2016, Page(s) 1-8, ISSN 1824-8039
Publisher: PoS

Particle acceleration and foreshock evolution in heliospheric shocks from self-consistent Monte Carlo simulations

Author(s): A. Afanasiev, R. Vainio, M. Battarbee, M. Palmroth, S. Von Alfthan, and Y. Kempf
Published in: Proceedings of Science (PoS), Issue PoS(ICRC2015) 209, February 2016, 2016, Page(s) PoS(ICRC2015) 209, pages 1-8, ISSN 1824-8039
Publisher: PoS

High Energy Solar Particle Events Forecasting and Analysis: The HESPERIA Project

Author(s): O. E. Malandraki, K.-L. Klein, R. Vainio, N. Agueda, M. Nuñez, B. Heber, R. Buetikofer, S. Sarlanis, N. Crosby, G. Share, A. J. Tylka, R. Murphy, G. Bazilevskaya, V. Bindi, on behalf of the HESPERIA Consortium
Published in: Proceedings of Science (PoS), Issue PoS(ICRC2015) 215, February 2016, 2016, Page(s) PoS(ICRC2015) 215, pages 1-8, ISSN 1824-8039
Publisher: PoS

Proton energy spectra during ground level enhancements as measured by EPHIN aboard SOHO

Author(s): B. Heber, N. Dresing, K. Herbst, A. Klassen and R. Gomez-Herrero
Published in: Proceedings of Science (PoS), Issue PoS(ICRC2015) 119, February 2016, 2016, Page(s) PoS(ICRC2015) 119, pages 1-8, ISSN 1824-8039
Publisher: PoS

Solar radio astronomy and space weather

Author(s): K.-L. Klein, C. Salas Matamoros, P. Zucca
Published in: URSI, 2017
Publisher: URSI

Assessment of Source and Transport Parameters of Relativistic SEPs Based on Neutron Monitor Data

Author(s): R. Bütikofer, N. Agueda, B. Heber, D. Galsdorf and R. Vainio
Published in: 2017
Publisher: XXV European Cosmic Ray Symposium

Monographic books (1)

Solar Particle Radiation Storms Forecasting and Analysis - The HESPERIA HORIZON 2020 Project and Beyond

Author(s): Olga E. Malandraki, Norma B. Crosby
Published in: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, Issue 444, 2017, ISBN 978-3-319-60051-2
Publisher: Springer International Publishing