Helio2024 Science White Paper: ngGONG -- Future Ground-based Facilities for Research in Heliophysics and Space Weather Operational Forecast

TL;DR

The paper advocates for establishing ngGONG, a ground-based instrument network, to enhance long-term solar observations, improve understanding of solar phenomena, and support space weather forecasting.

Contribution

It proposes the development of ngGONG as a new ground-based facility for continuous solar observation and space weather prediction.

Findings

Highlights the importance of long-term synoptic solar data.

Emphasizes ngGONG's role in advancing heliophysics research.

Supports operational space weather forecasting improvements.

Abstract

Long-term synoptic observations of the Sun are critical for advancing our understanding of Sun as an astrophysical object, understanding the solar irradiance and its role in solar-terrestrial climate, for developing predictive capabilities of solar eruptive phenomena and their impact on our home planet, and heliosphere in general, and as a data provider for the operational space weather forecast. We advocate for the development of a ground-based network of instruments provisionally called ngGONG to maintain critical observing capabilities for synoptic research in solar physics and for the operational space weather forecast.