Space weather service in Mexico. Ground base instrumental network, warning system and scientific studies.
Abstract
The Mexican Space Weather Service (www.sciesmex.unam.mx) was created in 2014 in response of changes in the Civil Protection Law in Mexico. These modifications included space hazards and space weather events as national risks. The SCiESMEX comprises several products including a warning system, and weekly and special reports. SCiESMEX became a Regional Warning System of the International Space Environment Services (ISES) in June 2015. The SCiESMEX instrumental network includes real time data from a radio telescope to perform interplanetary scintillation (IPS) observations of solar wind conditions, two CALLISTO systems, cosmic rays observatory, a total magnetometer, and maps of the total electron content (TEC) using data from local networks of GPS receivers. This year we are deploying a network of five ionosondes, and a network of five magnetometers. The data from these instrumental networks will allow us to perform studies in Mexico to evaluate the regional responses to different space weather events. The SCiESMEX is also collaborating with National Civil Protection authorities to develop protocols to react to intense or extreme space weather events. These efforts in Mexico are also in agreement with COSPAR and United Nations recommendations to impulse international collaboration in space weather studies.
- Publication:
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42nd COSPAR Scientific Assembly
- Pub Date:
- July 2018
- Bibcode:
- 2018cosp...42E1244G