Developing a VLF transmitter for LEO satellites: Probing of plasmasphere and radiation belts — The POPRAD proposal

摘要

Recent advances in the monitoring of the plasmasphere (e.g. the PLASMON FP7-Space project, http://plasmon.elte.hu, Lichtenberger et al., Space Weather Space Clim. 3 2013, A23 DOI: 10.1051/swsc/2013045) http) makes the continuous monitoring of the plasmasphere possible. But this monitoring capability totally depends on natural and sporadic phenomena, preventing systematic monitoring required for operational Space Weather models and forecasts.