Danish Space Weather Initiatives

Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), Solar Terrestrial Physics Division

This group conduct observations of magnetic disturbances and precipitation of high-energy radiation. The observational network includes the Greenland chain of ground-based magnetometers and a number of Riometers and imaging Riometers detecting precipitation of energetic charged particles.

The World Data Centre for Geomagnetism, Copenhagen is hosted by DMI and maintains an archive of geomagnetic data together with near real time calculation of the Polar Cap Magnetic Activity Index - PC North.  

DMI is also actively investigating the link between solar activity and climate (click here for a related BBC News Article).

The division is also active in the Oersted satellite project. Oersted observations are used for monitoring of actual space weather conditions and for research into space weather effects.

Danish Space Research Institute (DSRI)

In 1998 a Solar System Physics group was formed at the Danish Space Research Institute with the objective of conducting research including effects observed on Earth and its environement being the result of the various forces in the solar system. Their main research interests relating to space weather are:

• Planetary Magnetic Fields including the IGRF 2000 derived from Oersted data
• Solar Wind & Geomagnetic Physics
• Research into the long-term variation of the solar wind and geomagnetic activity
• Solar influence on climate
  

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