Jacob Bortnik, assistant researcher in the UCLA Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, is part of a large international effort to study the sun and its connection to the Earth's climate and space weather. The project, "Variability of the Sun and its Terrestrial Impact" (VarSITI), launched Jan. 13. Solar-terrestrial scientists from all over the world will analyze why the sun is so weak these days and how it will affect Earth and its space environment.
The VarSITI program will study the declining phase of solar activity, which is already at its lowest level since the dawn of the space age. It will focus on the four major themes of solar magnetism and extreme events, Earth-impacting solar transients, magnetospheric changes and consequences and processes in Earth’s atmosphere.
VarSITI is a division of the Scientific Committee on Solar Terrestrial Physics, an interdisciplinary body which focuses on the science of sun-Earth connection relevant to life and society on Earth.
For a more in-depth explanation of the project, watch this video.
The VarSITI program will study the declining phase of solar activity, which is already at its lowest level since the dawn of the space age. It will focus on the four major themes of solar magnetism and extreme events, Earth-impacting solar transients, magnetospheric changes and consequences and processes in Earth’s atmosphere.
VarSITI is a division of the Scientific Committee on Solar Terrestrial Physics, an interdisciplinary body which focuses on the science of sun-Earth connection relevant to life and society on Earth.
For a more in-depth explanation of the project, watch this video.
