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STP12 Abstracts<br />

Berlin, 12 - 16 July <strong>2010</strong><br />

SCOSTEP Symposium <strong>2010</strong><br />

CHAIN Project <strong>an</strong>d Capacity Building<br />

Ueno Satoru 1 , Shibata Kazunari, Ichimoto Kiyoshi, Kitai Reizaburo, Nagata Shin'ichi, Kimura<br />

Goichi, Nakat<strong>an</strong>i Yoshikazu, Morita Satoshi<br />

1 Kwas<strong>an</strong> <strong>an</strong>d Hida Observatories, Kyoto University, 2<br />

The Flare Monitoring Telescope (FMT) was constructed in 1992 at Hida observatory in<br />

Jap<strong>an</strong> to investigate the long-term variation of solar activity <strong>an</strong>d explosive events. It has been<br />

part of the international coordinated observations program (STEP) since 1991. It has five<br />

solar imaging telescopes that SIMULTANEOUSLY observe the full-disk Sun at different<br />

wavelengths around H-alpha absorption line or in different modes. Therefore, it c<strong>an</strong> measure<br />

the 3 dimensional velocity field of gas motion of active phenomena on the full solar disk with<br />

suppressing the seeing effect. Moreover, it c<strong>an</strong> detect Moreton-waves (shockwaves on the<br />

chromosphere) that accomp<strong>an</strong>y solar flares. Observations of physical properties of such solar<br />

explosive phenomena play a very import<strong>an</strong>t role for the space-weather research.<br />

We w<strong>an</strong>t to monitor all geoeffective solar flares, erupting filaments <strong>an</strong>d shock waves as much<br />

as possible by using several of such characteristic telescopes. Then, we started to execute<br />

"Continuous H-alpha Imaging Network (CHAIN)-project" as part of the CAWSES,<br />

CAWSES-II project. In the CHAIN-project, we intend to install the FMT-type telescopes in<br />

foreign appropriate sites, so that we achieve 24 hr continuous observational network.<br />

As for the station for the 1 st oversea FMT, we selected Ica University in Peru <strong>an</strong>d we already<br />

installed it there in March <strong>2010</strong> with cooperation of Peru/IGP* <strong>an</strong>d Ica Univ. Moreover, we<br />

are pl<strong>an</strong>ning to install the 2 nd oversea FMT to Algeria in around 2012 with cooperation of<br />

Algeria/CRAAG**.<br />

Through such distributions of instruments un<strong>der</strong> the CHAIN-project, we aim to adv<strong>an</strong>ce<br />

international cooperative studies, education <strong>an</strong>d popularization of space weather research <strong>an</strong>d<br />

solar physics. These are also import<strong>an</strong>t purposes of the CHAIN-project. Therefore, this<br />

project is quite fit for not only the scientific purpose of CAWSES-II, but also the purpose of<br />

capacity building.<br />

In this talk, we would like to introduce characteristics of the CHAIN-project, current status<br />

<strong>an</strong>d pl<strong>an</strong>s in the next several years.<br />

(*) IGP: <strong>Institut</strong>o Geofisico del Peru<br />

(**) CRAAG: Centre de Recherche en Astronomie Astrophysique et Geophysique

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