CAS Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance  (SuperSID) System

Learn about Space weather and our SuperSID System

 

What is the Space Weather Program about?

Lois explains Citizen Science, SID Space Weather Program, and the Stanford Solar Center

Citizen Science and the SID Space Weather Program with the Stanford Solar Center

 

 

What mechanisms affect the signal?

In this presentation Jeff talks about the Sun and its activity in relations to the space weather.

Prominences, Corona Loops, Solar Flares, & CMEs

Sun and its activity Part 1  

Sun and its activity Part 2

 

 

 

 What happens when a solar flare strikes the Earth?

Explains what happens when a strong Solar flare strikes the Earth. The Secrets of the Universe.

Solar Flare Hits Earth

A solar flare erupts and the X rays reach the earth in 8 minutes. It will take longer for the CME particles to reach the Earth. These charge particles will effect the magnetosphere and create auroras at the poles

Animation of the effect of a CME

 

 

How does a Solar Flare effect the ionosphere?

What are the layers of the ionosphere? How are Solar Flares classified?

How does the ionosphere effect SID monitor reception and radio communication?

Solar Flares and their effect on the ionosphere and SID monitor reception

 

 

 

 

How does the CAS SuperSID system work?

Emmy describes the antenna

The SID Antenna at The Cincinnati Astronomical Society

Jeff Describes how the antenna works

How the SID antenna works at CAS

Emmy describes how the data is obtained and stored on the computer in the Clark Building

SID Monitor and Data Logging at CAS

 

 

 

How do you access and analyze the SUPERSID data for possible solar flare events?

 

Lois describes how to track Solar flares using data from the GOES satellite and SID data uploaded to the Stanford Solar Center website

Tracking Solar Flares with the SUPERSID monitor at CAS

Jeff goes into details on how to compare data from CAS Supersid monitor and the GOES Xray satellite. How to use FTP to access past GOES data. How to determine sunspot group that flare came from along with other space weather resources

Detailed Look at SID & GOES Xray Data current and past

 

 

 

Contact our team!

Emmy Bursk            Lois Oxley                 Jeff Rodriguez

 

 

SPACE WEATHER LINKS

SPACE WEATHER .COM                  GOES XRAY Flux Data                     Solar Dynamic Observatory               Current solar sunspot cycle         SPACE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER NOAA

Stanford SUPERSID Monitor Data Access                Stanford Space Weather Monitor Program