China Sets up One of the World's Most Powerful Ground-based Systems for Space Weather Monitoring

摘要

The Meridian Space Weather Monitoring Project (or the Chinese Meridian Project) is the first major scientific infrastructure China has ever built in the field of space science to understand and predict near-Earth space environment variations. It started construction in early 2008 and became fully operational in October 2012. In this issue of BCAS, we will present you with the latest development and major scientific facts of this remarkable project.