The Proba2 Mission: The First Two Years of Solar Observation

Book Overview

Part I PROBA2 satellite and instrument papers.- Title TBA, on PROBA.- The SWAP EUV Imaging Telescope.- Part I Instrument Overview and Pre-Flight Testing.- The SWAP EUV Imaging Telescope.- Part II In-flight Performance and Calibration.- Title TBA, on LYRA.- Part II The PROBA2 Science Center.- The Projects for Onboard Autonomy (PROBA2) Science Centre: Sun Watcher Using APS Detectors and Image Processing (SWAP) and Large-Yield Radiometer (LYRA) Science Operations and Data Products.- Part III Scientific results from SWAP and LYRA observations.- Formation of a White-Light Jet Within a Quadrupolar Magnetic Configuration.- Study of a Prominence Eruption using PROBA2/SWAP and STEREO/EUVI Data.- Solar TErrestrial Relations Observatory-A (STEREO-A) and PRoject for On-Board Autonomy 2 (PROBA2) Quadrature Observations of Reflections of Three EUV Waves from a Coronal Hole.- Detection of Solar Rotational Variability in the Large Yield RAdiometer (LYRA) 190 - 222 nm Spectral Band.- Eclipses Observed by Large Yield RAdiometer (LYRA) - A Sensitive Tool to Test Models for the Solar Irradiance.- Dynamics of Coronal Bright Points as Seen by Sun Watcher Using Active Pixel System Detector and Image Processing (SWAP), Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA), and Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI).- Prominence-cavity regions observed using SWAP 17.4 nm filtergrams and simultaneous eclipse flash spectra.- SoFAST: Automated Flare Detection with the PROBA2/SWAP EUV Imager.- Sun-as-a-Star Observation of Flares in Lyman alpha by the PROBA2/LYRA radiometer.- Title TBA, on CLAIRE.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1489989889
• ISBN13: 9781489989888
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 301 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"