Incremental Development of LOFAR Space-weather (IDOLS)
Abstract
The Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) radio telescope has made great contributions to solar and space weather studies in recent years. The high spatial, temporal, and frequency resolution revealed unprecedented details of the radio emission of the Sun. However, LOFAR is not a space weather dedicated instrument, and continuous monitoring was not possible. IDOLS stands for Incremental Development of LOFAR Space Weather, the aim of the project is to demonstrate the capabilities of LOFAR for space weather studies in an incremental way, starting with a single LOFAR station and a small fraction of LOFAR filler time. A team of scientists from ASTRON and the Solar and Space Weather KSP (SSW-KSP) of LOFAR has recently begun developing a set of dedicated solar and space weather observation routines, based on the existing LOFAR instrument. A dedicated LOFAR station is now used to continuously monitor the Sun and the Ionosphere. In this talk, we present the observation modes of LOFAR for monitoring space weather: the tied array beam (TAB) imaging, interferometric imaging, and we introduce the plan for the incremental development of LOFAR for space weather (IDOLS) for the next 2 years of operation.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2022
- Bibcode:
- 2022AGUFMSH35E1844Z