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Isn’t that why solar storms are problematic? I only skimmed but I didn’t see any suggestion of leveraging this capability for any benefit. Is there some advan
by mulmen 6y ago
Isn’t that why solar storms are problematic?
I only skimmed but I didn’t see any suggestion of leveraging this capability for any benefit. Is there some advantage to making an array of solar storm detectors from cell phones instead of pre-existing and more capable specialized equipment?
- cryptoz 6y agoI haven't studied the data that comes from crowdsourced phone magnetometers yet, but I expect it would follow some properties of other data I've studied, which is - There are vastly more of these sensors and they are located in places where specialized equipment is not - The data quality per sensor is very low. You typically need a lot of sensors in a nearby geography in order to get any kind of real data out of it - Often those geographies where you have lots of smartphones aren't covered by the specialized equipment, so you get new data that you otherwise didn't have What I don't know is how valuable that extra coverage is or how valuable solar storm data is in the first place.
- causality0 6y agoYeah, but don't you need just a handful of specialized sensors for 100% coverage? To my knowledge solar storms are massive phenomena that are effectively homogeneous over areas hundreds or even thousands of miles wide.
- goodcanadian 6y agoThey are definitely not homogeneous over such distances. They are very complex and rapidly varying in time and space.