The Solar Activity Monitor Network – SAMNet
Erdelyi, Robertus; Korsos, Marianna B; Huang, Xin; Yang, Yong; Pizzey, Danielle; Wrathmall, Steven A; Hughes, Ifan G; Dyer, Martin J; Dhillon, Vikram S; Belucz, Bernadett; Brajsa, Roman; Chatterjee, Piyali; Cheng, Xuewu; Deng, Yuanyong; Dominguez, Santiago Vargas; Joya, Raul; Gömöry, Peter; Gyenge, Norbert G; Hanslmeier, Arnold; Kucera, Ales; Kuridze, David; Li, Faquan; Liu, Zhong; Xu, Long; Mathioudakis, Mihalis; Matthews, Sarah; McAteer, James R.T; Pevtsov, Alexei A; Pötzi, Werner; Romano, Paolo; Shen, Jinhua; Temesvary, Janos; Tlatov, Andrey G; Triana, Charles; Utz, Dominik; Veronig, Astrid M; Wang, Yuming; Yan, Yihua; Zaqarashvili, Teimuraz; Zuccarello, Francesca
Date:
2022-06
Abstract:
The Solar Activity Magnetic Monitor (SAMM) Network (SAMNet) is a future UK-led
international network of ground-based solar telescope stations. SAMNet, at its full capacity, will continuously monitor the Sun’s intensity, magnetic, and Doppler velocity fields at multiple heights in the solar
atmosphere (from photosphere to upper chromosphere). Each SAMM sentinel will be equipped with a
cluster of identical telescopes each with a different magneto-optical filter (MOFs) to take observations in
K I, Na D, and Ca I spectral bands. A subset of SAMM stations will have white-light coronagraphs and
emission line coronal spectropolarimeters. The objectives of SAMNet are to provide observational data
for space weather research and forecast. The goal is to achieve an operationally sufficient lead time of
e.g., flare warning of 2–8 h and provide many sought-after continuous synoptic maps (e.g., LoS magnetic
and velocity fields, intensity) of the lower solar atmosphere with a spatial resolution limited only by seeing
or diffraction limit, and with a cadence of 10 min. The individual SAMM sentinels will be connected to their
master HQ hub where data received from all the slave stations will be automatically processed and flare
warning issued up to 26 h in advance.
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Open Access work is properly cited. https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2021025
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