Labs

Our laboratories

Two research labs dedicated to observation, instrumentation, and prediction in heliophysics and space weather.

Space Instrumentation Lab

Ground-based magnetometer networks, field campaigns, and real-time geomagnetic data acquisition.

  • SAMBA magnetometer network (meridional chain from Arica to Magallanes, Chile)
  • Magnetometer deployment and calibration in field campaigns
  • Antarctic base campaigns (Chilean Scientific Antarctic Expedition 47, 2011)
  • Comparative magnetometer performance analysis (Universidad Adventista de Chile, 2025)
  • Real-time data acquisition and processing
  • Collaboration with MACCS, THEMIS GBO, and CARISMA networks

Space Weather Lab

Real-time space weather monitoring, machine learning-based prediction, and satellite data analysis.

  • National Space Weather Platform (FONDEF IDEA I+D 2025)
  • Real-time solar wind data monitoring (OMNI)
  • Deep learning models (RNN, CNN, LSTM) for magnetic perturbations and GIC prediction
  • Relativistic electron flux prediction in the radiation belts
  • Plasmapause location with machine learning
  • Satellite data processing: Van Allen Probes, THEMIS, GOES, MMS
Data sources

Satellites

Van Allen Probes (MagEIS, REPT, EMFISIS, EFW) · THEMIS (SPEDAS) · GOES · MMS · OMNI

Ground magnetometers

SAMBA · MACCS · THEMIS GBO · CARISMA · SuperDARN

Tools

Python (SciPy, Pandas, Numpy, Matplotlib, SpacePy) · TensorFlow-Keras · PyTorch · Scikit-learn