Upgrade of the Aerial Guidance system for Automatic High Time and Spectral Resolution Solar Radio Observations at the Astrophysical Institute Potsdam

摘要

Between the Air Force Geophysics Research Lab (AFGRL) and the Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam (AIP)) there is a common research interest on the discrimination between particle species accelerated by (flare) magnetic field reconnection, and another particle species energized during the CME formation and propagation. During the cooperative scientific work between both institutions it became clear that the All) radio spectral observations in Central Europe are an important and necessary part of the world wide solar activity patrol network. This concerns radio spectral observations on a high standard, and with regular scientifically founded data publication in NOAA Solar Geophysical Data. Due to budget cuts it was impossible to save the high and regular time coverage of the observations after the observatory service had to be changed into a fully automatic regime. It was the subject of the given (first AFGRL-All)) EOARD-supported project to upgrade the mechanics and electronics of the All) observatory's solar radio spectrometer aerial guiding system. This became urgent to avoide rising interruption intervals of the regular observations, and thus missing reports to NOAA Solar Geophysical Data.