Major Flare Watch Evaluation
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| - | + | Flares that produce gamma-ray lines are the highest priority target of the RHESSI Mission. Multi-wavelength imaging and spectroscopic observations before, during and after such flares are crucial to their interpretation. To optimize such observations, the Max Millennium Chief Observers (MM_COs) | |
[http://solar.physics.montana.edu/max_millennium/mm_co.shtml] | [http://solar.physics.montana.edu/max_millennium/mm_co.shtml] | ||
| - | announce a Major Flare Watch when the probability of gamma-ray-producing flares is high. | + | announce a Major Flare Watch when the probability of gamma-ray-producing flares is high. Such announcements [http://solar.physics.montana.edu/hypermail/mmmotd/3787.html] appear in the Max Millennium Messages of the Day |
| - | [http://solar.physics.montana.edu/hypermail/mmmotd/index.html], distributed to | + | [http://solar.physics.montana.edu/hypermail/mmmotd/index.html], distributed to over 200 solar observers and mission planners through the self-subscribing MMmmotd mailing list and archive |
[http://solar.physics.montana.edu/max_millennium/mmlists.shtml]. | [http://solar.physics.montana.edu/max_millennium/mmlists.shtml]. | ||
| - | Throughout the RHESSI mission | + | Throughout the RHESSI mission, the MM_COs have used a set of Major Flare Watch criteria |
| - | [http://solar.physics.montana.edu/max_millennium/ops/op003/op003.html] that are an outgrowth of the classic BEARALERTS - A Successful Flare Prediction System" [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1991SoPh..131..149Z] paper by Zirin and Marquette. A typical MFW announcement | + | [http://solar.physics.montana.edu/max_millennium/ops/op003/op003.html] that are an outgrowth of the classic "BEARALERTS - A Successful Flare Prediction System" [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1991SoPh..131..149Z] paper by Zirin and Marquette (1991). |
| - | + | A typical MFW announcement identifies the coordinates of a region likely to produce a major flare, and provides some rationale for the choice. ''How well has this system worked?'' That's the subject of this Nugget. | |
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Introduction
Flares that produce gamma-ray lines are the highest priority target of the RHESSI Mission. Multi-wavelength imaging and spectroscopic observations before, during and after such flares are crucial to their interpretation. To optimize such observations, the Max Millennium Chief Observers (MM_COs) [1] announce a Major Flare Watch when the probability of gamma-ray-producing flares is high. Such announcements [2] appear in the Max Millennium Messages of the Day [3], distributed to over 200 solar observers and mission planners through the self-subscribing MMmmotd mailing list and archive [4].
Throughout the RHESSI mission, the MM_COs have used a set of Major Flare Watch criteria [5] that are an outgrowth of the classic "BEARALERTS - A Successful Flare Prediction System" [6] paper by Zirin and Marquette (1991). A typical MFW announcement identifies the coordinates of a region likely to produce a major flare, and provides some rationale for the choice. How well has this system worked? That's the subject of this Nugget.
