Call for Papers for EGU 2013 to be held in Vienna, during April 7-12, 2013

ST6.2 session:
New and ongoing initiatives in ground-based solar observations

Convener: Nandita Srivastava
Co-Conveners: Christophe Marque, Joan Burkepile

Link for abstract submission:
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2013/session/12611

Deadline for abstract submission: 9 January 2013

We invite research papers highlighting some of the new challenges and promises that ground-based observations have to offer in the field of solar-terrestrial research. Recently, new initiatives in ground-based instrumentation have been taken up by several observatories around the world in the regime of optical, infrared and radio wavelengths. The spatial and temporal resolution of the ground-based observations complement the space-based observations, in a unique way bridging the gaps and addressing important issues pertaining to forecasting of space weather events.

In this session, we also invite contributions on the new, proposed or ongoing ground-based instruments, and the specific scientific goals that can be achieved through them. We also call for papers that emphasize the strength of ground-based network of instruments, for example, GONG, Callisto, GHN, etc. thereby improving the observing duty cycle and enhancing our understanding of the initiation and evolution of the solar activity.