Earth, Planets and Space (Aug 2021)
PSTEP: project for solar–terrestrial environment prediction
- Kanya Kusano,
- Kiyoshi Ichimoto,
- Mamoru Ishii,
- Yoshizumi Miyoshi,
- Shigeo Yoden,
- Hideharu Akiyoshi,
- Ayumi Asai,
- Yusuke Ebihara,
- Hitoshi Fujiwara,
- Tada-Nori Goto,
- Yoichiro Hanaoka,
- Hisashi Hayakawa,
- Keisuke Hosokawa,
- Hideyuki Hotta,
- Kornyanat Hozumi,
- Shinsuke Imada,
- Kazumasa Iwai,
- Toshihiko Iyemori,
- Hidekatsu Jin,
- Ryuho Kataoka,
- Yuto Katoh,
- Takashi Kikuchi,
- Yûki Kubo,
- Satoshi Kurita,
- Haruhisa Matsumoto,
- Takefumi Mitani,
- Hiroko Miyahara,
- Yasunobu Miyoshi,
- Tsutomu Nagatsuma,
- Aoi Nakamizo,
- Satoko Nakamura,
- Hiroyuki Nakata,
- Naoto Nishizuka,
- Yuichi Otsuka,
- Shinji Saito,
- Susumu Saito,
- Takashi Sakurai,
- Tatsuhiko Sato,
- Toshifumi Shimizu,
- Hiroyuki Shinagawa,
- Kazuo Shiokawa,
- Daikou Shiota,
- Takeshi Takashima,
- Chihiro Tao,
- Shin Toriumi,
- Satoru Ueno,
- Kyoko Watanabe,
- Shinichi Watari,
- Seiji Yashiro,
- Kohei Yoshida,
- Akimasa Yoshikawa
Affiliations
- Kanya Kusano
- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University
- Kiyoshi Ichimoto
- Astronomical Observatory, Kyoto University
- Mamoru Ishii
- National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
- Yoshizumi Miyoshi
- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University
- Shigeo Yoden
- Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, Kyoto University
- Hideharu Akiyoshi
- National Institute for Environmental Studies
- Ayumi Asai
- Astronomical Observatory, Kyoto University
- Yusuke Ebihara
- Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH), Kyoto University
- Hitoshi Fujiwara
- Seikei University
- Tada-Nori Goto
- University of Hyogo
- Yoichiro Hanaoka
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)
- Hisashi Hayakawa
- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University
- Keisuke Hosokawa
- University of Electro-Communications
- Hideyuki Hotta
- Chiba University
- Kornyanat Hozumi
- National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
- Shinsuke Imada
- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University
- Kazumasa Iwai
- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University
- Toshihiko Iyemori
- Kyoto University
- Hidekatsu Jin
- National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
- Ryuho Kataoka
- National Institute for Polar Research (NIPR)
- Yuto Katoh
- Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University
- Takashi Kikuchi
- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University
- Yûki Kubo
- National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
- Satoshi Kurita
- Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH), Kyoto University
- Haruhisa Matsumoto
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- Takefumi Mitani
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science/Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (ISAS/JAXA)
- Hiroko Miyahara
- Musashino Art University
- Yasunobu Miyoshi
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyushu University
- Tsutomu Nagatsuma
- National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
- Aoi Nakamizo
- National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
- Satoko Nakamura
- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University
- Hiroyuki Nakata
- Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University
- Naoto Nishizuka
- National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
- Yuichi Otsuka
- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University
- Shinji Saito
- National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
- Susumu Saito
- National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology, Electronic Navigation Research Institute (ENRI)
- Takashi Sakurai
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)
- Tatsuhiko Sato
- Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)
- Toshifumi Shimizu
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science/Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (ISAS/JAXA)
- Hiroyuki Shinagawa
- National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
- Kazuo Shiokawa
- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University
- Daikou Shiota
- National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
- Takeshi Takashima
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science/Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (ISAS/JAXA)
- Chihiro Tao
- National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
- Shin Toriumi
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science/Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (ISAS/JAXA)
- Satoru Ueno
- Hida Observatory, Kyoto University
- Kyoko Watanabe
- National Defense Academy of Japan
- Shinichi Watari
- National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
- Seiji Yashiro
- The Catholic University of America
- Kohei Yoshida
- Meteorological Research Institute
- Akimasa Yoshikawa
- International Center for Space Weather Science and Education, Kyushu University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-021-01486-1
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 73,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 29
Abstract
Abstract Although solar activity may significantly impact the global environment and socioeconomic systems, the mechanisms for solar eruptions and the subsequent processes have not yet been fully understood. Thus, modern society supported by advanced information systems is at risk from severe space weather disturbances. Project for solar–terrestrial environment prediction (PSTEP) was launched to improve this situation through synergy between basic science research and operational forecast. The PSTEP is a nationwide research collaboration in Japan and was conducted from April 2015 to March 2020, supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan. By this project, we sought to answer the fundamental questions concerning the solar–terrestrial environment and aimed to build a next-generation space weather forecast system to prepare for severe space weather disasters. The PSTEP consists of four research groups and proposal-based research units. It has made a significant progress in space weather research and operational forecasts, publishing over 500 refereed journal papers and organizing four international symposiums, various workshops and seminars, and summer school for graduate students at Rikubetsu in 2017. This paper is a summary report of the PSTEP and describes the major research achievements it produced.
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