SPACECAST

Protecting space assets from high energy particles by developing European dynamic modelling and forecasting capabilities

Coordinatore	NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL    more  Organization address address: Polaris House, North Star Avenue city: SWINDON WILTSHIRE postcode: SN2 1EU contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Ian Cognome: Briggs Email: send email Telefono: +44 1223 221302 Fax: +44 1223 221516
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Sito del progetto	http://fp7-spacecast.eu/
Totale costo	2˙539˙991 €
EC contributo	1˙965˙071 €
Programma	FP7-SPACE Specific Programme "Cooperation": Space
Code Call	FP7-SPACE-2010-1
Funding Scheme	CP
Anno di inizio	2011
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2011-03-01   -   2014-02-28

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL  Organization address address: Polaris House, North Star Avenue city: SWINDON WILTSHIRE postcode: SN2 1EU contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Ian Cognome: Briggs Email: send email Telefono: +44 1223 221302 Fax: +44 1223 221516	UK (SWINDON WILTSHIRE)	coordinator	693˙812.44
2	OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES  Organization address address: Avenue de la Division Leclerc 29 city: CHATILLON postcode: 92322 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Jean-Louis Cognome: Forget Email: send email Telefono: +33 562 252530 Fax: +33 562 252534	FR (CHATILLON)	participant	366˙000.00
3	ILMATIETEEN LAITOS  Organization address address: Erik Palmenin aukio 1 city: HELSINKI postcode: 560 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Leena Cognome: Tuomainen Email: send email Telefono: +358 9 19292370 Fax: +358 9 19292303	FI (HELSINKI)	participant	360˙726.75
4	DH CONSULTANCY BVBA  Organization address address: DIESTSESTRAAT 133 city: LEUVEN postcode: 3000 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Daniel Cognome: Heynderickx Email: send email Telefono: +32 16 225860 Fax: +32 16 225860	BE (LEUVEN)	participant	182˙000.00
5	UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA  Organization address address: GRAN VIA DE LES CORTS CATALANES 585 city: BARCELONA postcode: 8007 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Xavier Cognome: Gutierrez Email: send email Telefono: +34 93 403 53 85 Fax: +34 93 448 94 34	ES (BARCELONA)	participant	163˙540.45
6	HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO  Organization address address: YLIOPISTONKATU 4 city: HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO postcode: 14 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Satu Cognome: Väisänen Email: send email Telefono: +358 9 19150613 Fax: +358 9 19151080	FI (HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO)	participant	118˙191.60
7	KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN  Organization address address: Oude Markt 13 city: LEUVEN postcode: 3000 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Myriam Cognome: Witvrouw Email: send email Telefono: +32 16 320623 Fax: +32 16 320607	BE (LEUVEN)	participant	80˙800.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Solar activity can trigger sporadic bursts of energetic particles and increase the number of high energy (MeV) particles trapped inside the Earth’s radiation belts. These high energy particles cause damage to satellites and are a hazard for manned spaceflight and aviation. They are difficult to predict due to uncertainties over the basic physical processes, and the need to access reliable data in real time. European space policy is committed to the Galileo radionavigation system consisting of 30 satellites, the use of space assets to protect the security of its citizens (GMES), and a strong and competitive space industry. It is therefore imperative that Europe develops the means to protect these space assets from all forms of space weather hazards, and especially now as solar activity will increase to a maximum over the next few years and will increase the hazard risk. This proposal will draw together European and international partners to increase knowledge, reduce uncertainty, and to develop a forecasting capability. We will undertake targeted studies of particle source, transport, acceleration and loss processes in the Earth’s radiation belts to improve understanding of how they respond to solar activity. We will transform research models into space weather models to forecast the radiation belts in near real time, and provide alerts for periods of high risk to stakeholders. We will test models of how solar energetic particles are accelerated by shocks in the solar wind, and are transported through the interplanetary medium, in order to improve engineering tools for predicting the intensity and fluence of solar energetic particle events. We will develop a stakeholder community for valuable feedback and deliver the results in a form accessible to the public. The project will deliver a space weather forecasting capability that will continue beyond the lifetime of the project and which will lay the foundation for an operational system.'