Friday 27 January 2012

Solar Storm 2012

 25 January 2012

Impact of Solar Storms in 2012 had come to Indonesia


TEMPO.CO, Bandung - the largest solar storms in the 24th cycle which had occurred on Monday, January 23, 2012. Until today, although its impact quite small, is still taking place in Indonesia.

According to researchers from the sun's Institute of Aeronautics and Space Agency (Lapan) Bandung, Clara Yono Yatini, solar storm that occurred Monday afternoon, January 23, 2012, including type II. "It indicates the type of shock wave because existing solar particles which jump," she said, Wednesday, January 25, 2012.

From the observation Lapan, the impact the storm had reached the Earth and felt in Indonesia. "layer of ionosfera disrupted causing interference to radio communications on January 23 afternoon," he said.

The impact of solar storms there are directly to earth on a day case, also indirectly, that is over one to four days. Disturbances in ionosfera layer, said Clara, could have an impact on the employment of satellite and cellular phone signals. "So far we have not received reports of community disruption and mobile operators," she said.

Lapan also continues to monitor the condition of the sun, whose activities are now towards the peak period of solar storms in 2013. Lapan, said Clara, also is preparing an early warning to the government and related community solar storms and their impact.

ANWAR Siswadi ( taken from Tempo.co )

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