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WE STARTED A SURVEY PROJECT ON THE GLOBAL ENERGETICS OF SOLAR FLARES AND CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS (CME) OBSERVED DURING THE SDO ERA WHICH INLCLUDES ALL M-CLASS AND X-CLASS FLARES DURING THE FIRST 3.5 YEARS OF THE SDO MISSION COVERING SOME 400 FLARE/CME EVENTS. THIS PROJECT WILL BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY ABOUT VARIOUS FORMS OF ENERGIES THAT CAN BE DETECTED DURING FLARES SUCH AS THE DISSIPATED MAGNETIC ENERGIES THE THERMAL ENERGIES THE NON-THERMAL ENERGIES THE RADIATIVE AND CONDUCTIVE ENERGIES AND THE KINETIC ENERGIES OF ASSOCIATED CMES. TWO STUDIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED ON THIS PROJECT PRESENTING STATISTICS ON THE MAGNETIC ENERGIES (ASCHWANDEN ET AL. 2014) AND ON THERMAL ENERGIES (ASCHWANDEN ET AL. 2015). THE DATA ANALYSIS INVOLVES AIA/SDO HMI/SDO EUVI/ STEREO RHESSI AND GOES. THE QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF PHYSICAL PARAMETERS WITH LARGE STATISTICS WILL ENABLE US TO DISCOVER UNIVERSAL SCALING LAWS BETWEEN THE MEASURED PHYSICAL PARAMETERS AS WELL PROVIDE SCALING RELATIONSHIPS AND PROXIES FOR FORECASTING OF EXTREME EVENTS IN SPACE WEATHER AND SPACE ENVIRONMENT.

$261,388FY2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Gaithersburg

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