The Storm that fizzled and what we learned from it.
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BARREL (the Balloon Array for Relativistic Radiation belt Electron Losses) was designed to study the loss of electrons from the Earth's radiation belts to the upper atmosphere. However, BARREL, this relatively tiny balloon mission compared to the big satellite missions, can also see other sources of X-rays. In fact, at the beginning of January 2014, BARREL observed portions of the entire solar storm process. First, BARREL was able to observe the X-rays produced at the active region of the Sun from a solar flare. The mission then inferred and studied the impact of the
The Storm that fizzled and what we learned from it.
The Storm that fizzled and what we learnedβ¦
The Storm that fizzled and what we learned from it.
BARREL (the Balloon Array for Relativistic Radiation belt Electron Losses) was designed to study the loss of electrons from the Earth's radiation belts to the upper atmosphere. However, BARREL, this relatively tiny balloon mission compared to the big satellite missions, can also see other sources of X-rays. In fact, at the beginning of January 2014, BARREL observed portions of the entire solar storm process. First, BARREL was able to observe the X-rays produced at the active region of the Sun from a solar flare. The mission then inferred and studied the impact of the