New Challenges in Exploring Solar Radiation: Influence, Consequences, Diagnostics, Prediction

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue, entitled “New Challenges in Exploring Solar Radiation: Influence, Consequences, Diagnostics, Prediction”, is currently accepting manuscripts for publication. Some of the feature topics that are considered are the recent technological advances in instrumentation and development, as well as the theoretical background for analysis used for investigations of solar power and our environment. In modern science, there is special interest in the research of solar-influenced space weather and, consequently, extreme weather events, climate change, protection and preservation, because they are recognized as substantial for sustainable development. Therefore, a high-priority question in this increasingly technological world is can we predict the degree of the impact of intense solar radiation on the Earth, human population, electronic devices, telecommunication, and can we evaluate the consequences? This two-part question is difficult and complex, and the answer is not so simple. Research requires a multidisciplinary approach along with the application of various models from different disciplines and areas of science and industry. Here, we will analyze this issue.

For this Special Issue, the following focus areas, among others, are invited for contribution as original theoretical and experimental research: solar influence on Earth and modeling of the induced atmospheric disturbances using different kinds of remote sensing techniques; space weather studies; impact of intense solar radiation on the human population; structure, chemistry, diagnostics in relation to Earth ionosphere; high-energy physics; forecasting modeling of the atmosphere.

Dr. Vladimir Sreckovic
Guest Editor

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