Chapman Conference accents success of space weather program

21st Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/17th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction

A Space and Time Mesoscale Analysis System (STMAS) has been developed at Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL) to generate a grid analysis of surface observations. It is a three-dimensional variational analysis (3DVAR) of horizontal space and time instead of pressure or height levels. It is used to detect boundary layer phenomena, frontal zones, and various nonlinear phenomena, and has been used in...

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Forecasting Space Weather

Forecasting space weather events presents the ultimate challenge to a space physics model. Not only should physical constraints be satisfied, but also practical issues such as timeliness, accuracy, and reliability must be adequately addressed. To address these needs, modern space weather forecasters and users rely on a great variety of space weather models, ranging from simple regressions and e...

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The science of space weather.

The basic physics underpinning space weather is reviewed, beginning with a brief overview of the main causes of variability in the near-Earth space environment. Although many plasma phenomena contribute to space weather, one of the most important is magnetic reconnection, and recent cutting edge research in this field is reviewed. We then place this research in context by discussing a number of...