LWS TRT Focus Team: Predict Emergence of Solar Active Regions Before they are Visible
 
Target Description: A major roadblock for predictive models of space-weather effects has been our inability to forecast the emergence and evolution of large active regions on the Sun. Recent developments in the field of helioseismology show promise for the detection of active regions that emerge and grow on the far side of the Sun, and for the detection of preemergence signatures on the front side that may be measurable with several different techniques. This research area has obvious importance for improved space-weather modeling, and predictions of the structure of the corona and the heliosphere. Research in this area will greatly enhance the usefulness of the SOLAR-B and SDO missions.
Team Members:
A. Birch, D. Braun, C. Lindsey, J. Werne, A. Crouch, KD Leka, G. Barnes (NWRA, CoRA Division)
P. Scherrer (PI), A. Kosovichev (Science PI), J. Zhao (Stanford)
R. Stein (PI)  (MSU)
F. Hill (PI), I. González Hernández (NSO)
Team Chair: A. Birch, NWRA/CoRA Division
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