SP12
Space weather nowcasts and forecasts

Main Organiser
Simon Wing
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel
simon.wing@jhuapl.edu

Co-Organiser(s)
Kazue Takahashi
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
kazue.takahashi@jhuapl.edu

Jay R. Johnson
Princeton University Princeton Plasma Physics Lab
jrj@pppl.gov

Brief Description
With technological advances, the needs and reliance on space weather predictions will approach those of terrestrial weather. The activities that rely on satellites and the near-Earth space environments include communications, navigations, electric power operations, terrestrial weather predictions, space and air travels, and space-based researches and developments. Recently, space weather predictions have become increasingly more sophisticated, employing great variety of mathematical tools, techniques, models. The availabilities of real time data from a large variety of sources ranging from the solar observatories, solar wind monitors, magnetospheric and ionospheric satellites, and ground instruments have helped move space weather nowcasting and forecasting from research to operational stage. Such transitions require good model validations. This session will highlight all aspects of space weather predictions, including models, techniques, tools, validations, data sour! ces, and operations. Papers ranging from theoretical to operational aspects of the space weather nowcasts and forecasts and their impacts on technological systems are solicited.