Monday June 26, 2017

UniSA space program prepares for a solar weather disaster

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OVER 30 participants from ten countries gathered in Adelaide to prepare the country for an extreme space weather event as the lights flickered out around them.

Monday June 26, 2017

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Although the disaster was only simulated, experts and stakeholders from scientific, commercial, humanitarian and military organisations said their piece on how best to prepare in the case of a severe Coronal Mass Ejection (CME).

CMEs are clouds of protons, electrons and ions ejected from the surface of the sun during collapses of its huge magnetic fields.

The Southern Hemisphere Summer Space Program was hosted by The University of South Australia in collaboration with the International Space University to produce a white paper recommending how to deal with an extreme event like a CME.

For general information about the program and space weather, visit www.solarattack.org.

The program’s white paper

The University of South Australia's Southern Hemisphere Summer Space Program

The International Space University

Australian Radio and Space Weather Service

To follow the program on Twitter, use hashtags #UniSASpace.

This is a Creative Commons story from The Lead South Australia, a news service providing stories about innovation in South Australia. Please feel free to use the story in any form of media. The story sources are linked in with the copy and all contacts are willing to talk further about the story. <h1>UniSA space program prepares for a solar weather disaster</h1> <p><p>OVER 30 participants from ten countries gathered in Adelaide to prepare the country for an extreme space weather event as the lights flickered out around them.</p> </p> <p>Although the disaster was only simulated, experts and stakeholders from scientific, commercial, humanitarian and military organisations said their piece on how best to prepare in the case of a severe Coronal Mass Ejection (CME).</p> <p>CMEs are clouds of protons, electrons and ions ejected from the surface of the sun during collapses of its huge magnetic fields.</p> <p>The Southern Hemisphere Summer Space Program was hosted by The University of South Australia in collaboration with the International Space University to produce a white paper recommending how to deal with an extreme event like a CME.</p> <p>For general information about the program and space weather, visit <a href="http://www.solarattack.org">www.solarattack.org</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://media.wix.com/ugd/3e293c_10e2ccc6d0ec44c5a234603f7c83b058.pdf">The program’s white paper</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.unisa.edu.au/IT-Engineering-and-the-Environment/Division-Information-Technology-Engineering-and-the-Environment/Southern-Hemisphere-Summer-Space-Program1/">The University of South Australia's Southern Hemisphere Summer Space Program</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.isunet.edu/programs/southern-hemisphere-program">The International Space University</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.ips.gov.au/Space_Weather">Australian Radio and Space Weather Service</a></p> <p>To follow the program on Twitter, use hashtags <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23UniSASpace&src=typd">#UniSASpace</a>.</p> <p> </p> Copy to Clipboard

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