Why
study Space
Weather?
introductions in english
/ deutsch
Research
Interests
- Solar wind:
Modeling magnetic flux ropes and magnetic clouds.
- Solar-terrestrial
relations:
Interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) and magneticc clouds and
their relationship to
geomagnetic storms and to
the initiation
of flares and CMEs.
- Solar surface flows:
Dynamics of
magnetic bright points
and coronal heating.
- Earth's magnetotail:
Modeling flux ropes with multi-spacecraft data.
- Instruments: STEREO (SECCHI / IMPACT
/ PLASTIC), Wind, ACE, Cluster, Hinode, SOHO,
Kanzelhöhe Solar Observatory, Helios, Voyager, Pioneer,
Ulysses, Swedish Solar Telescope.
Useful Links
Talks for the public
Weltraumwetter und Erdklima, PRO
SCIENTIA,
Graz, Jänner 2008 (PDF
notes)
Die Grenzen der Astrophysik, PRO
SCIENTIA,
Graz, Mai 2009 (PDF
notes)
Press
coverage
"Schattenseiten der Sonne", Unizeit,
9/2009 (link)
"Kurzschluss im Magnetfeld", Die Presse, 4/2009 (link)
"Astro-Wetter im Visier der Forschung", Grazer
Woche, 7/2007 (link)
Forschernachwuchspreise, Kleine Zeitung, 9/2008 (link)
European Geophysical Union YSOPP Award Winners 2008 (scroll to the bottom)
University News: Jungforscherpreis 2008 (Photo)
Jungforscher-Stipendium 2007
Scientific
Publications
Refereed Journals
2010
submitted / under
review:
Taubenschuss, U., N. V. Erkaev, H.K. Biernat, C.J.
Farrugia, C. Möstl, U.V. Amerstorfer, The role of magnetic
handedness in magnetic cloud propagation, Annales Geophysicae, submitted,
November 2009.
in press:
Vršnak, B., T. Žic, T.V. Falkenberg, C.
Möstl, S. Vennerstrom, D. Vrbanec, The role of aerodynamic drag in
propagation of interplanetary coronal mass ejections, Astronomy & Astrophysics, in
press, January 2010.
published:
2009
Möstl, C., C. J. Farrugia, M. Temmer, C.
Miklenic, A. M. Veronig, A.B. Galvin, M. Leitner, H.K. Biernat,
Linking remote imagery of a coronal mass ejection to its in situ
signatures at 1 AU, The
Astrophysical Journal Letters, 705, L180-L185, 2009. (ADS) (article) (arxiv) (PDF-preprint)
Möstl, C.,
C.J. Farrugia, H.K. Biernat, A. B. Galvin, J.G. Luhmann and E.K.J.
Kilpua, Optimized Grad-Shafranov reconstruction of a magnetic
cloud using STEREO-WIND observations, Solar
Physics, "STEREO results at solar minimum", 256,
427-441,
doi:10.1007/s11207-009-9360-7, 2009.
(ADS) (article)
(PDF)
Möstl, C.,
C.J. Farrugia, H.K. Biernat, S. Kiehas, R. Nakamura, V. Ivanova and Y.
Khotyaintsev, The structure of an earthward propagating magnetic flux
rope early in its evolution: Comparison of methods, Annales Geophysicae,
27,
2215-2224, 2009. (ADS) (article) (PDF-preprint)
Möstl, C.,
C. J. Farrugia, C. Miklenic, M. Temmer, A. B. Galvin, J.G.
Luhmann, K.E.J. Huttunen, M. Leitner, T. Nieves-Chinchilla,
A.
Veronig and H.K. Biernat, Multi-spacecraft recovery of a magnetic cloud
and its origin from magnetic reconnection on the Sun, Journal of Geophysical
Research (Space
Physics), 114, A04102,
doi:10.1029/2008JA013657, 2009. (ADS) (article) (PDF-preprint)
Kilpua, E.K.J., P.C. Liewer,
C. Farrugia, J.G.
Luhmann, C. Möstl,
Y. Li, Y. Liu, B. Lynch, A. Vourlidas, M.H. Acuna, A.B. Galvin, D.
Larson, C. Russell, J. Sauvaud, Multispacecraft observations of
magnetic clouds and their solar origins May 19-23, 2007, Solar Physics, 254,
324,
doi:10.1007/s11207-008-9300-y, 2009. (ADS) (article) (PDF)
Utz, D., A. Hanslmeier, C.
Möstl, R. Muller, A.
Veronig, H. Muthsam, The size distribution of magnetic bright
points derived from Hinode/SOT observations, Astronomy and Astrophysics,
498, 1,
289-293, 2009. (ADS) (article) (PDF-preprint)
Utz, D., A. Hanslmeier, R. Muller,
A. Veronig, H.J. Muthsam, C. Möstl,
Discretisation effects on the size distribution of magnetic
bright
points, Central European Astrophys. Bull. 33, 2009, 29-38 (PDF-preprint)
2006-2008
Möstl, C.,
C. Miklenic, C.J. Farrugia, M. Temmer, A. Veronig, A.B. Galvin, B.
Vrsnak, H.K. Biernat, Two-spacecraft reconstruction of a magnetic cloud
and comparison to its solar source, ,
Annales
Geophysicae, 26, Volume 10, 3139–3152, 2008. (ADS) (PDF-preprint)
Leitner, M., C. J. Farrugia, C.
Möstl,
K. W. Ogilvie, A. B. Galvin, R. Schwenn, and H. K.
Biernat, Consequences of the force-free model of magnetic
clouds
for their heliospheric evolution , Journal
of Geophysical Research
(Space Physics),112,
A06113,
2007. (ADS)
Möstl C., A. Hanslmeier,
M. Sobotka, K. Puschmann, H. J. Muthsam, Dynamics of magnetic bright
points in
an active region, Solar Physics,
237, Issue 1, pp.
13-23, 2006. (ADS)
Theses
Möstl, C., Modeling of magnetic clouds using
multi-spacecraft
observations, Doctoral Thesis, University of Graz, 2009. (PDF)
Möstl, C., Dynamics of small-scale magnetic
structures in the
solar photosphere,
Masters Thesis, University of Graz, 2005. (PDF)
Contributions to international
conferences
2010
Upcoming:
28. Möstl, C., C.J. Farrugia, T. Rollett, M. Temmer, C.
Miklenic, A. Veronig, A. B. Galvin, H.K. Biernat, Linking
heliospheric images of CMEs to their modeled in situ signatures, Session
ST3, EGU
General Assembly, Vienna,
Austria, 5/2010.
27. Rollett, T., C. Möstl, M. Temmer, A. Veronig, H.K. Biernat,
Calculating the propagation direction
of coronal mass ejections by connecting in situ observations with
heliospheric images, Session
ST3, EGU
General Assembly, Vienna,
Austria, 5/2010.
26. Möstl, C., C.J. Farrugia, A.B. Galvin, H.K. Biernat,
Modeling interplanetary coronal mass
ejections observed by STEREO and Wind, STEREO SWG
meeting, Dublin, Ireland, 3/2010.
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2009
25. Möstl, C., C.J. Farrugia, M. Temmer, C.
Miklenic, A. Veronig, A. B. Galvin, M. Leitner, H. K.
Biernat, Linking
remote imagery of two coronal mass ejections to their in situ
signatures at 1 AU (poster PDF), SOHO-23, Maine, USA, 9/2009.
also at CESPM, Bairisch Kölldorf, Austria
9/2009 (poster
PDF)
and AGU Fall meeting 12/2009, San
Francisco, USA.
24.
Möstl,
C. et al., Modeling
of STEREO Magnetic Clouds: II. Application to the May 2007 magnetic
clouds and implications for CME initiation and the cloud shape (talk PDF),
STEREO-3 / SOHO- 22 workshop, Bournemouth, UK, 4/2009.
23.
Farrugia, C.J., et al., Modeling
of STEREO Magnetic Clouds: I. The Grad - Shafranov Reconstruction
Technique and linking the interplanetary to the solar source
properties (poster), STEREO-3 / SOHO- 22 workshop,
Bournemouth,
UK, 4/2009.
22. Möstl, C. et al.,
Multi-spacecraft STEREO observations of magnetic clouds (poster PDF),
Session ST2, EGU
General Assembly, Vienna,
Austria, 4/2009
21.
Nakamura, R., C. Möstl, M.
Khodachenko, T.L. Zhang, Space weather relevant research
activities at the Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of
Sciences (talk) COST ES0803 workshop, Frascati, Italy, 4/2009.
2008
20.
Möstl,
C. et al., Multi-spacecraft recovery of a magnetic cloud and its
origin from magnetic reconnection on the Sun (poster), Session SH10, AGU
Fall meeting, San Francisco,
USA, 12/2008.
19.
Möstl,
C.
et al., On
the structure and origin of a magnetic cloud from multi-spacecraft
observations (poster), Magnetic
Coupling between the Interior and the Atmosphere of the Sun,
Bangalore, India, 12/2008.
18. Utz, D., A. Hanslmeier, R. Muller, A. Veronig, H. Muthsam, C.
Möstl, The Size
Distribution of Magnetic Bright Points derived from
Hinode/SOT
Observations (poster), 12th European Solar Physics Meeting,
Germany, Freiburg,
9/2008.
17. Utz, D., A. Hanslmeier, C.
Möstl,
R. Muller, A. Veronig, H. Muthsam, Discretisation effects on the size
distribution of magnetic bright points derived from Hinode/SOT
observations (talk), Hvar Astrophysical Kolloqium, Hvar,
Croatia,
9/2008.
16. U. Taubenschuss, N. V. Erkaev, H.K.
Biernat, C.
Möstl, C. J. Farrugia,
Numerical simulation of magnetic clouds and their evolution in the
solar wind (poster), COSPAR
2008, Montreal, Canada, 7/2008.
15. Miklenic, C., C.
Möstl,
M. Temmer, A. Veronig, C.J. Farrugia, H.K. Biernat,
On the
relation between in situ observations of a magnetic cloud and its solar
source (poster), COSPAR
2008, Montreal, Canada, 7/2008.
14. Möstl,
C.,
C.J. Farrugia, A. B. Galvin, J.G. Luhmann, H.K. Biernat, Grad-Shafranov
Reconstruction of the May 22, 2007 Magnetic Cloud from Combined
STEREO-WIND Observations (poster), COSPAR
2008,
Montreal, Canada, 7/2008.
13. Temmer, M., A. Veronig, C.
Möstl, C.
Miklenic, H.K.
Biernat, Dynamics of fast halo CMEs and coupling to the flare energy
release (poster), Ninth
International conference on substorms,
Seggau, Austria, 5/2008.
12. Möstl, C.,
C. J. Farrugia, R. Nakamura and H. K. Biernat,
Grad-Shafranov reconstruction of an earthward propagating
flux
rope from CLUSTER observations (poster), Ninth
International
conference on substorms, Seggau,
Austria, 5/2008.
11. Möstl, C., C.J. Farrugia, A. Galvin, K.E.J.
Huttunen, J.G.
Luhmann, H.K. Biernat, Reconstruction of magnetic clouds with two
spacecraft:
Examples from WIND-ACE and STEREO-WIND (poster), Session ST10, EGU
General
Assembly, Vienna, Austria,
4/2008.
10. Hausleitner, W., S. Krauss, H. Lammer, H.I.M.
Lichtenegger, C. Möstl, Y. Kulikov: Local thermospheric neutral
density and temperature variations during extreme solar events - the
young sun connection, 30th Annual Seminar in Physics of Auroral
Phenomena , Polar Geophysical Institute, Apatity, Feb 2008
2007
9. Möstl, C., C. Miklenic, C.J. Farrugia, M. Temmer,
A. Veronig,
A.B. Galvin, B. Vrsnak, H.K. Biernat, Two-spacecraft reconstruction of
a
magnetic cloud and comparison to its solar source (poster),
abstract
#SH32A-0781, AGU
Fall meeting, San Francisco, USA
12/2007;
will also be shown at Session
ST10,
EGU
General Assembly, Vienna,
Austria, 4/2008.
8. Utz, D., C. Möstl, A.
Hanslmeier, R. Muller, H.J. Muthsam, Automatic
tracking of photospheric Magnetic Bright Points and application to
Hinode data:
First results (poster),
SOHO-20,
Ghent, Belgium 8/2007.
7. Möstl, C., C. Miklenic, C.J.
Farrugia,
M. Temmer, A.
Veronig, A.B. Galvin, B. Vrsnak, H.K. Biernat, Two-spacecraft
reconstruction of
a magnetic cloud and comparison to its
solar source (poster), SOHO-20
Ghent,
Belgium, 8/2007.
6. Leitner, M., C. J. Farrugia, C.
Möstl, K. W. Ogilvie, A. B. Galvin, R. Schwenn, and H. K.
Biernat,
Consequences of the force-free model of magnetic clouds for their
heliospheric
evolution (poster), IUGG
General Assembly 2007, Perugia,
Italy, 7/2007.
5. Möstl, C., C. J. Farrugia,
Q. Hu, A. Galvin, H.K. Biernat, Do magnetic clouds deform? (poster), IUGG
General
Assembly 2007, Perugia, Italy,
7/2007.
4. Möstl, C., C. J. Farrugia,
H.K. Biernat, A. Galvin, Q. Hu, Two-spacecraft reconstruction of
magnetic
clouds in the solar wind (poster), European Geosciences Union General
Assembly
2007 Vienna, Austria, 4/2007.
2006
3. Leitner, M., C. J. Farrugia, K.
W. Ogilvie, C. Möstl, A. B. Galvin, R. Schwenn, H. K.
Biernat,
Concerning the evolution of interplanetary Magnetic Clouds:
Implications of
force-free modelling (poster), The Heliospheric Network, Oxnard,
California,
USA, 11/2006.
2. Möstl C., C. J. Farrugia,
K. W. Ogilvie, A. Galvin, Q. Hu, and H. K. Biernat, Coordinated
STEREO-Wind
analysis of ICME structure (poster), The Heliospheric Network, Oxnard,
California, USA, 11/2006.
1. Möstl, C., M. Leitner, C.
J. Farrugia, Q. Hu, H.K. Biernat, C. W. Smith, The November 20, 2003
magnetic
cloud: Comparison of two models (poster), American Geophysical Union
Fall
Meeting 2006, San Francisco,
USA,
12/2006.
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