COSMIC RAYS FOR HELIOSPHERIC SPACE WEATHER STORM PREDICTION

The classical imaging of CME’s by solar UV light is successfully applied on many satellites like for instance on SOHO, STEREO A and B or SDO. CME detection via UV light from ground based telescopes can’t be carried out, because of the absorption of UV light in the Earth atmosphere. However CME detection is done on ground by means of cosmic ray muon telescopes in the Global Muon Detection Network (GMDN). Therefore the astrophysics and solar physics for GMDN are summarized in chapter 1. GMDN data and results are described in chapter 2. A space situational awareness (SSA) satellite, which has also the purpose of CME imaging by means of a telescope for cosmic rays are sketched in chapter 3.