Space Weather: The Role of Solar Radio Monitoring in Malaysia and Implications of Sun Activities to the ‎Earth

Z.S.Hamidi; N.N.M.Shariff; C. Monstein; Abidin, Z.Z; Ibrahim, Z.A; N.Hashim; R.Umar; N. A.I.Aziz

doi:10.14331/ijfps.2013.330056

Authors

Z.S.Hamidi Radio Cosmology Labarotary, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, ‎Malaysia Author
N.N.M.Shariff Department of Science and Technology Studies, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Author
C. Monstein Institute of Astronomy, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Author
Abidin, Z.Z Radio Cosmology Labarotary, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, ‎Malaysia Author
Ibrahim, Z.A Radio Cosmology Labarotary, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, ‎Malaysia Author
N.Hashim Mathematics Section, Centre for Foundation Studies in Science, University of Malaya, KL, Malaysia Author
R.Umar Astronomy Unit, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Kuala Terengganu, Author
N. A.I.Aziz Radio Cosmology Labarotary, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, ‎Malaysia Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14331/ijfps.2013.330056

Keywords:

Space weather, Climate changes, Solar radio burst, E-CALLISTO network, Sun activities, Solar flare, Coronal ‎Mass Ejections (CMEs)‎

Abstract

Space weather is very synonymous with the activities of our nearest star, the Sun. Recently; the space weather program has ‎stimulated interest in this issue. The main reason is due to the extreme climate change and towards to the solar maximum at the ‎beginning of 2013. It is believed that the Earth environment has a close connection with Sun activities, such as solar flares and ‎Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs). However, to prove it is not an easy way. The dynamism of the Sun also still is not easy to be ‎understood. To improve our understanding of the solar activities, a new experimental approach by 24 hours monitoring has been ‎done since 2007 by e-CALLISTO network. This work is a part of International of Space Weather Initiative Program (ISWI). As one ‎of equatorial country, Malaysia also could contribute in terms of a consistent 12 hours monitoring and one of the earliest sites that ‎observe the Sun every day. Here, we will highlight the role of our site, mechanism and implications of Sun activities to the Earth. It ‎is hoped to meet the current knowledge about the Sun with this new method of experimental approach‎‎.

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