Monitoring and forecasting of the geomagnetic and radiation storms during the 23rd solar cycle: Aragats regional space weather center Original Research Article

The Solar Environment Center located on Mt. Aragats will provide real-time monitoring and forecasting of the extreme Geomagnetic and Radiation Events. Two neutron monitors, a muon telescope and a Solar scintillation telescope operating on Aragats research stations will provide accurate detection of very low fluxes of the most energetic Solar particles and modulation effects of Solar events. The correlation of the Solar Energetic Phenomena with modulations of the Galactic Cosmic Ray flux and direct detection of the high-energy protons and neutrons emitted during Coronal Mass Ejection provide firm grounds for specification and forecasting of the effects of tremendous explosions on the Solar surface. Consequently ground observation of the variations of Cosmic Ray fluxes make it possible to issue alerts to avoid imminent hazard of upcoming Geomagnetic and Radiation Storms.