An Assessment of the GLE Alert++ Warning System
Over the last years the Athens Cosmic Ray Group of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens has implemented a warning tool called GLE Alert, which is a highly credible application that issues alerts when a ground level enhancement (GLE) starts due to very high energy solar energetic part...
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| author | Helen Mavromichalaki Pavlos Paschalis Maria Gerontidou Anastasia Tezari Maria-Christina Papailiou Dimitra Lingri Maria Livada Argyris Stassinakis Norma Crosby Mark Dierckxsens |
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| description | Over the last years the Athens Cosmic Ray Group of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens has implemented a warning tool called GLE Alert, which is a highly credible application that issues alerts when a ground level enhancement (GLE) starts due to very high energy solar energetic particles reaching the Earth. This application warns of a high intensity solar energetic particle event up to several minutes before it reaches near the near-Earth space environment. In this work, an assessment of the latest updated version of GLE Alert, GLE Alert++, is presented. GLE Alert++ is a federated product of the ESA S2P SWE Space Radiation Expert Service Centre, which is part of the ESA Space WEather Service NETwork (SWESNET) project. The assessment of the GLE Alert++, which was finalized in October 2022, focused on: (a) the availability of the real-time data provided by the neutron monitor stations that contribute to the GLE Alert++, (b) the behaviour of each station regarding the different Alert levels status (Watch, Warning and Alert), and (c) the definition of the real-time assessment index. The results of this work are of essential importance since they ensure a reliable and trustworthy warning tool, and can be highly useful in protecting humans during extreme solar energetic events. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-795ab53ac8a1496682655ac93786222d2024-03-27T13:20:45ZengMDPI AGAtmosphere2073-44332024-03-0115334510.3390/atmos15030345An Assessment of the GLE Alert++ Warning SystemHelen Mavromichalaki0Pavlos Paschalis1Maria Gerontidou2Anastasia Tezari3Maria-Christina Papailiou4Dimitra Lingri5Maria Livada6Argyris Stassinakis7Norma Crosby8Mark Dierckxsens9Athens Cosmic Ray Group, Faculty of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, GreeceAthens Cosmic Ray Group, Faculty of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, GreeceAthens Cosmic Ray Group, Faculty of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, GreeceAthens Cosmic Ray Group, Faculty of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, GreeceAthens Cosmic Ray Group, Faculty of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, GreeceAthens Cosmic Ray Group, Faculty of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, GreeceAthens Cosmic Ray Group, Faculty of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, GreeceAthens Cosmic Ray Group, Faculty of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15784 Athens, GreeceRoyal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, 1180 Brussels, BelgiumRoyal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, 1180 Brussels, BelgiumOver the last years the Athens Cosmic Ray Group of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens has implemented a warning tool called GLE Alert, which is a highly credible application that issues alerts when a ground level enhancement (GLE) starts due to very high energy solar energetic particles reaching the Earth. This application warns of a high intensity solar energetic particle event up to several minutes before it reaches near the near-Earth space environment. In this work, an assessment of the latest updated version of GLE Alert, GLE Alert++, is presented. GLE Alert++ is a federated product of the ESA S2P SWE Space Radiation Expert Service Centre, which is part of the ESA Space WEather Service NETwork (SWESNET) project. The assessment of the GLE Alert++, which was finalized in October 2022, focused on: (a) the availability of the real-time data provided by the neutron monitor stations that contribute to the GLE Alert++, (b) the behaviour of each station regarding the different Alert levels status (Watch, Warning and Alert), and (c) the definition of the real-time assessment index. The results of this work are of essential importance since they ensure a reliable and trustworthy warning tool, and can be highly useful in protecting humans during extreme solar energetic events.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/15/3/345ground level enhancementscosmic raysneutron monitorsGLE Alert++ |
| spellingShingle | Helen Mavromichalaki Pavlos Paschalis Maria Gerontidou Anastasia Tezari Maria-Christina Papailiou Dimitra Lingri Maria Livada Argyris Stassinakis Norma Crosby Mark Dierckxsens An Assessment of the GLE Alert++ Warning System Atmosphere ground level enhancements cosmic rays neutron monitors GLE Alert++ |
| title | An Assessment of the GLE Alert++ Warning System |
| title_full | An Assessment of the GLE Alert++ Warning System |
| title_fullStr | An Assessment of the GLE Alert++ Warning System |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Assessment of the GLE Alert++ Warning System |
| title_short | An Assessment of the GLE Alert++ Warning System |
| title_sort | assessment of the gle alert warning system |
| topic | ground level enhancements cosmic rays neutron monitors GLE Alert++ |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/15/3/345 |
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