From terrestrial weather to space weather through the history of scintillation
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| author | Kerrison, Emily F. Ekers, Ron D. Morgan, John Chhetri, Rajan |
| author_facet | Kerrison, Emily F. Ekers, Ron D. Morgan, John Chhetri, Rajan |
| contents | Recent observations of interplanetary scintillation (IPS) at radio frequencies have proved to be a powerful tool for probing the solar environment from the ground. But how far back does this tradition really extend? Our survey of the literature to date has revealed a long history of scintillating observations, beginning with the oral traditions of Indigenous peoples from around the globe, encompassing the works of the Ancient Greeks and Renaissance scholars, and continuing right through into modern optics, astronomy and space science. We outline here the major steps that humanity has taken along this journey, using scintillation as a tool for predicting first terrestrial, and then space weather without ever having to leave the ground. |
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| spellingShingle | From terrestrial weather to space weather through the history of scintillation Kerrison, Emily F. Ekers, Ron D. Morgan, John Chhetri, Rajan Space Physics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Solar and Stellar Astrophysics History and Philosophy of Physics Recent observations of interplanetary scintillation (IPS) at radio frequencies have proved to be a powerful tool for probing the solar environment from the ground. But how far back does this tradition really extend? Our survey of the literature to date has revealed a long history of scintillating observations, beginning with the oral traditions of Indigenous peoples from around the globe, encompassing the works of the Ancient Greeks and Renaissance scholars, and continuing right through into modern optics, astronomy and space science. We outline here the major steps that humanity has taken along this journey, using scintillation as a tool for predicting first terrestrial, and then space weather without ever having to leave the ground. |
| title | From terrestrial weather to space weather through the history of scintillation |
| topic | Space Physics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Solar and Stellar Astrophysics History and Philosophy of Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.19816 |