| Session Details | |
| Section | ST - Solar & Terrestrial Sciences |
| Session Title | Radio Heliophysics and Space Weather |
| Main Convener | Dr. Mario Bisi (Science & Technology Facilities Council, United Kingdom) |
| Co-convener(s) | Ms. T. Oyuki Chang M. (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico) |
| Session Description | Various industries and aspects of human society have become highly reliant on modern technologies and regular, uninterrupted energy supplies, many of which are at risk from extreme space weather. Such industries and our technologies can also be impacted to a lesser degree by the 'everyday' space weather that often occurs at the Earth during moderate-to-intense geomagnetic storms. Such industries include the power grids, airlines, telecommunications, GNSS, etc... Radio heliophysics in all aspects of space weather is being enhanced in no small part by the use of new-generation radio-telescope arrays such as the Long-Wavelength Array (LWA) in the USA, the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) in western Australia, and the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) in northern and western Europe. In addition, various new techniques and model developments are, and have, enabled the use of radio systems to greater effect for space-weather purposes. For example: solar radio bursts can now be studied in far-greater detail; interplanetary scintillation (IPS) observations (via tomographic reconstructions) are being used to drive 3-D MHD models; tests of heliospheric Faraday rotation are being undertaken in the hope of being able to measure and predict Bz through the inner heliosphere; and new methods and advances are being made in ionospheric riometry and scintillation studies such as being able to obtain estimates of the height of the scattering screen in the ionosphere. This session solicits contributions based around the ongoing development of space-weather forecasting services using radio techniques, new scientific methodologies that could be employed for space-weather purposes, novel results which could not be obtained before the advent of such radio systems, and plans for new observations (such as on the Square Kilometre Array - SKA) and new designs or concepts for future radio instruments. |