Solar particle radiation storms forecasting and analysis [electronic resource] : the HESPERIA HORIZON 2020 project and beyond / Edited by Olga E. Malandraki & Norma B. Crosby.

Includes bibliographical resources and index.

Preface.- Solar Energetic Particles and Space Weather: Science and Applications.- Eruptive Solar Activity related to SEP Events.- Charged Particle Transport in the Interplanetary Medium.- Particle Transport in the Earth's Magnetosphere.- Ground-Based Measurements of High-Energy Particles by Neutron Monitors.- HESPERIA Forecasting Tools: Real-Time and Post-Event.- Gamma-Ray, Radio and SEP Observations of Relativistic Events.- Modelling of Shock-Accelerated Gamma-Ray Events.- Inversion Methodology of Ground Level Enhancements.

Solar energetic particles (SEPs) emitted from the Sun are a major space weather hazard motivating the development of predictive capabilities. This book presents the results and findings of the HESPERIA (High Energy Solar Particle Events forecasting and Analysis) project of the EU HORIZON 2020 programme. It discusses the forecasting operational tools developed within the project, and presents progress to SEP research contributed by HESPERIA both from the observational as well as the SEP modelling perspective. Using multi-frequency observational data and simulations HESPERIA investigated the chain of processes from particle acceleration in the corona, particle transport in the magnetically complex corona and interplanetary space, to the detection near 1 AU. The book also elaborates on the unique software that has been constructed for inverting observations of relativistic SEPs to physical parameters that can be compared with spac e-borne measurements at lower energies. Introductory and pedagogical material included in the book make it accessible to students at graduate level and will be useful as background material for Space Physics and Space Weather courses with emphasis on Solar Energetic Particle Event Forecasting and Analysis. This book is published with open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.