The Electron Proton Helium INstrument as an example for a Space Weather Radiation Instrument

The near-Earth energetic particle environment has been monitored since the 1970"s. With the increasing importance of quantifying the radiation risk for, e.g. for the human exploration of the Moon and Mars, it is essential to continue and further improve these measurements. The Electron Proton H...

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Autores: Kühl, Patrick, Heber, Bernd, Gómez Herrero, Raúl|||0000-0002-5705-9236, Malandraki, Olga, Posner, Arik, Sierks, Holger
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/60655
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/60655
https://dx.doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2020056
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Energetic particle detector
Space weather instrumentation
Cosmic rays
Solar energetic particle events
Física
Astronomía
Physics
Astronomy
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Sumario:The near-Earth energetic particle environment has been monitored since the 1970"s. With the increasing importance of quantifying the radiation risk for, e.g. for the human exploration of the Moon and Mars, it is essential to continue and further improve these measurements. The Electron Proton Helium INstrument (EPHIN) on-board SOHO continually provides these data sets to the solar science and space weather communities since 1995. Here, we introduce the numerous data products developed over the years and present space weather related applications. Important design features that have led to EPHINs success as well as lessons learned and possible imp