Optimum deployment of groundmagnetometers in challengingregions: Sudan

Space science is a recent field of knowledge which is a multidisciplinary field. And, it has become attractive for worldwide scholars, including nationals from what so called developing, and least developed countries. There is an important new branch of space science, and it is what is known as space weather. The space weather is mostly those conditions on the Sun and in the solar wind, magnetosphere, ionosphere and thermosphere that can influence the performance and reliability of space-borne and ground-based technological systems, and can affect human life or health. The space weather is then known to have an undeceived impact on our today's modern systems and technologies. For instance space weather can affect ground oil pipeline networks, electric power grids, and communication networks (Matthews, 2004); in particular space weather has effects on causing malfunctions or in severe cases damages on these systems. All technological systems mentioned formerly are vital in the development and economics for all nations. Therefore, the socio- economic impact of space weather overwhelms all nations to include even the so called developed nations.

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I am Magdi Elfadil Yousif, from Sudan. I am currently working at the Sudan University of Science and Technology, College of Science, Physics Department.I have graduated from the Sudan University of Science and Technology with a first-class honors B. Sc. degree in Physics Science, then I got an M. Sc. in solid state Physics, and then a PhD degree.