The International Space Weather Meridian Circle Program was startup
The International Space Weather Meridian Circle Program, a key international program from CAS was startup in Beijing few days before. The program team members come from CSSAR, the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, the Institute of Atmospheric physics, University of Science and Technology, China, National Astronomical Observatories, and so on.
The International Space Weather Meridian Circle Program (ISWMCP) is proposed by CSSAR, CAS, and based upon the Meridian Space Weather Monitoring Project (Meridian Project), a grand Chinese scientific and technical basement facility project that is under construction. The Meridian Project will be extended north to Russian, and south to Southeast Asia countries such as Australia, and so on. Furthermore, it will be extended to the countries located in the west hemisphere near 60° meridian line. The first and only ground-based global space weather monitoring circle will be formed.
The first step of the ISWMCP will further investigate the ground-based monitoring network along 120°E and 60°W regions, and study in detail and analysis the recent and future advances in space weather monitoring; taking account into the all possible suggestions from the scientist in this Circle and relevant international organizations, set up the scientific goals of the ISWMCP, and form the feasible implementation plan of the ISWMCP.
