Possible relationship between solar activity and disturbances in the communication and radar operation on the air traffic control tower of the military airport in Deblin (Poland)
Abstract
We study the influence of the electromagnetic conditions on the Sun, in the interplanetary space and in the Earth's magnetosphere (that is the so-called space weather) on the possible interference on radars and loss of communication with aircraft on the air traffic control tower (ATC) of the military airport in Deblin (Poland). At the beginning, the period of solar maximum in 2014 was examined. An analysis was performed using solar, heliospheric and geomagnetic parameters such as: sunspot numbers (SSN), sunspot areas (SSA), the solar flare index (SFI), the 10.7-cm solar radio flux, coronal mass ejection (CME), Heliospheric Magnetic Field (HMF), solar wind (SW) plasma parameters: proton temperature, density, speed, and pressure; components of the geomagnetic field, geomagnetic indexes: DST, Ap , Kp and local K index from Belsk (Poland) The preliminary results indicate the possible impact of an increase of solar activity and associated disturbances in the interplanetary space and in the Earth's magnetosphere on the radar disorders and loss of communication between the ATC tower and the aircraft. Our research will be continued and results are important from the point of view of flight safety for both manned and unmanned aircrafts.
- Publication:
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43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 28 January - 4 February
- Pub Date:
- January 2021
- Bibcode:
- 2021cosp...43E.645B