Space Weather: LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) Design Study for Space Weather

将确定低频阵列（LOFAR）观测太阳瞬变事件（如日冕物质抛射）和绘制内日球层密度和速度结构的能力。随后将确定LOFAR对空间天气研究作出贡献的必要要求。通过宇宙源偏振的法拉第旋转，探索确定CME内磁场的可行性。这将为确定日冕物质抛射影响磁层的地球有效性提供一种新颖而极其重要的输入。这些活动将有助于发展先进的遥感仪器，以改进对关键空间天气现象的探测和了解。

The capabilities of the LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) for the observation of solar transient events such as coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and for mapping of density and velocity structures in the inner heliosphere will be ascertained. The necessary requirements for LOFAR to contribute to space weather studies will subsequently be determined. An exploration of the feasibility of determining the magnetic field within a CME, by Faraday rotation of the polarization of cosmic sources, will be conducted. This would provide a novel and extremely important input to the determination of the geo-effectiveness of CMEs impacting the magnetosphere. These activities will contribute to the development of advanced remote sensing instrumentation for improved detection and understanding of key space weather phenomena.