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Organization profile
The Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (CSTR) is an international leader in ground- and space-based solar and terrestrial physics, with a particular interest in understanding the effects of the Sun on the geospace environment. CSTR operates the Big Bear Solar Observatory and Owens Valley Solar Array in California, the Jeffer Observatory at Jenny Jump State Forrest in New Jersey and the Automated Geophysical Observatories distributed across the Antarctic ice shelf. The Center also manages a large number of instruments at South Pole Station, McMurdo Station and across South America and the United States. CSTR is one of the principal investigators in NASA’s Van Allen Probes mission, which explores the radiation and plasma environment around Earth, and houses the Space Weather Research Laboratory, which conducts scientific research in the area of space weather with the mission to understand and forecast the magnetic activity of the Sun and its impact on Earth. Such instrumentation and data resources enable scientific studies ranging from the Sun’s surface to its extended atmosphere, and into Earth’s atmosphere.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Dale Gary
- Ctr for Solar-Terrestrial Research - Distinguished Professor
- Center for Solar Terrestrial Research - Expanded Owens Valley Solar Array - Director
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Andrew Gerrard
- Polar Engineering Development Center (PEDC) - Director
- Ctr for Solar-Terrestrial Research - Director
- Physics - Professor
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Collaborative Research: OAC Core: Cyberinfrastructure for AI-Enabled Multimodal Prediction of Extreme Events in Space Weather
Wang, J. (PI) & Wang, H. (CoPI)
7/1/25 → 6/30/28
Project: Research project
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Observing Solar Activity with the Owens Valley Solar Arrays
Chen, B. (PI), Gary, D. (CoPI) & Saint-hilaire, P. (CoPI)
3/15/25 → 2/28/30
Project: Research project
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Collaborative Research: CEDAR--Short Wave Infrared Imaging of the Meinel 0-0 Auroral and the Metastable Helium 1083 nm Airglow Emissions for Auroral Physics and Aeronomy Studies
Meriwether, J. (PI), Gerrard, A. (CoPI) & Cooper, M. (CoPI)
10/15/24 → 9/30/27
Project: Research project
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A Data-constrained Magnetohydrodynamic Simulation of Successive X-class Flares in Solar Active Region 13842. I. Dynamics of the Solar Eruption Associated with the X7.1 Solar Flare
Matsumoto, K., Inoue, S., Liu, N., Hayashi, K., Jing, J. & Wang, H., May 20 2025, In: Astrophysical Journal. 985, 1, 20.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Data-constrained Magnetohydrodynamic Simulation for Magnetic Flux Rope Eruptions Driven by Magnetic Reconnection
Liu, N., Inoue, S., Wang, Y. & Wang, H., Apr 10 2025, In: Astrophysical Journal. 983, 1, 38.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Detection of wave activity in measurements of thermospheric vertical winds and temperatures at subauroral latitudes
Schmidt, A. L., Meriwether, J. W., Cooper, M. B., Gerrard, A. J., Goodwin, L., Zhang, S. R. & Ye, Y., 2025, In: Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences. 12, 1613164.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations
Press/Media
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New Adaptive Optics Show "Raindrops" on the Sun
5/27/25
1 item of Media coverage
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“Raindrops in the Sun’s corona”: New adaptive optics shows stunning details of our star’s atmosphere
5/27/25
2 items of Media coverage
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Telescope Upgrade Reveals Sun’s ‘Coronal Rain’ in Unprecedented Detail
5/27/25
2 items of Media coverage
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