WMO OSCAR | Application Area: Space Weather

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Application: Space Weather

Details

Name	Space Weather
Description	Space weather is a discipline which aims at observing, understanding and predicting the state of the Sun, of the interplanetary and planetary environments, their disturbances, and the potential impacts of these disturbances on biological and technological systems. http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/OSY/SOG/SoG-SW.pdf
Organization	WMO-ISES
Focal Point	Larisa Trichtchenko larisa.trichtchenko@gmail.com
Earth System Application Category
Historic	This application area is not longer current

Variables measured in this Application Area

Subdomain	Variables
Basic atmospheric	Atmospheric temperature Wind (horizontal) Atmospheric density
Solid Earth and magnetic field	Geomagnetic field
Ionospheric disturbances	foEs foF2 h'F hmF2 Ionospheric plasma velocity Ionospheric Radio Absorption Ionospheric Scintillation Ionospheric Total Electron Content (TEC) Spread F
Energetic particles and solar wind	Cosmic ray neutron flux Interplanetary magnetic field Proton differential directional flux Solar wind density Solar wind temperature Solar wind velocity Radiation Dose Rate Electron differential directional flux Heavy ion angular flux energy and mass spectrum
Solar monitoring	Solar EUV flux Heliospheric image Solar Ca II-K image Solar EUV image Solar H-alpha image Solar magnetic field Solar radio flux Solar white light image Solar X-ray image Solar coronagraphic image Solar X-ray flux

Requirements defined for Space Weather (41)

This tables shows all related requirements. For more operations/filtering, please consult the full list of Requirements
Note: In reading the values, goal is marked blue, breakthrough green, threshold orange
Application-dependent Technical Priority (ATP) Magenta and Relative priority of the attributes Red

Id	Variable	Layer	App Area	Uncertainty	Hor Res	Ver Res	Obs Cyc	Timeliness	Coverage	Conf Level	Val Date	Source	General Comment
576	Cosmic ray neutron flux	Near Surface	Space Weather	5 % 10 % 25 %	1000 km 2000 km 5000 km		60 sec 5 min 10 min	5 min 10 min 30 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	plasmasphere boundary, radiation and electrostatic discharge risk, communication disruption
581	foEs	n/a (2D)	Space Weather	0.05 MHz 0.1 MHz 0.2 MHz	100 km 200 km 500 km		5 min 15 min 60 min	60 sec 10 min 60 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	Radio wave transmission condition
582	foF2	n/a (2D)	Space Weather	0.05 MHz 0.1 MHz 0.2 MHz	100 km 200 km 500 km		5 min 15 min 60 min	60 sec 10 min 60 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	e-density profile determination
583	h'F	n/a (2D)	Space Weather	1 km 5 km 10 km	100 km 200 km 500 km		5 min 15 min 60 min	60 sec 10 min 60 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	e-density profile determination
588	Heliospheric image	Helio	Space Weather	0.01 erg·(cm² arcsec s)^-1 0.01 erg·(cm² arcsec s)^-1 0.1 erg·(cm² arcsec s)^-1	1 arcsec 1 arcsec 5 arcsec		10 min 10 min 60 min	10 min 10 min 60 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	Solar wind disturbance detection
589	hmF2	n/a (2D)	Space Weather	1 km 5 km 10 km	100 km 200 km 500 km		5 min 15 min 60 min	60 sec 10 min 60 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	e-density profile determination
590	Interplanetary magnetic field	L1	Space Weather	0.05 nanoTesla (nT) 0.1 nanoTesla (nT) 1 nanoTesla (nT)			1 sec 10 sec 60 sec	60 sec 5 min 15 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	Solar wind disturbance detection
591	Ionospheric plasma velocity	Ionos	Space Weather	50 km·s^-1 100 km·s^-1 200 km·s^-1	10 km 50 km 300 km		60 sec 5 min 30 min	60 sec 10 min 60 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	Ionospheric plasma transport and energy input
592	Ionospheric Radio Absorption	Ionos	Space Weather	0.1 dB 0.5 dB 1 dB	100 km 200 km 500 km		60 sec 5 min 10 min	60 sec 10 min 60 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	HF Radio Availability
593	Ionospheric Scintillation	Ionos	Space Weather	0.1 % 1 % 10 %	50 km 100 km 200 km		60 sec 2 min 10 min	60 sec 10 min 60 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	GNSS Disturbance Indicator
594	Ionospheric Total Electron Content (TEC)	Ionos	Space Weather	0.1 TECU 0.5 TECU 2 TECU	100 km 200 km 500 km		5 min 15 min 60 min	60 sec 10 min 60 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	TEC determination
595	Proton differential directional flux	Geo Leo Meo	Space Weather	5 % 10 % 25 %	45 degrees 90 degrees 180 degrees		60 sec 5 min 10 min	60 sec 10 min 100 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	Satellite radiation and electrostatic discharge risk, human radiation risk
598	Proton differential directional flux	L1	Space Weather	5 % 10 % 25 %	360 degrees 360 degrees 360 degrees		60 sec 5 min 10 min	60 sec 10 min 100 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	Interplanetary radiation and their level trough magnetospheric transport
599	Solar Ca II-K image	Sun	Space Weather	1 % 1 % 10 %	1 arcsec 1 arcsec 5 arcsec		60 sec 60 sec 10 min	60 sec 5 min 15 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	Proxy for EUV irradiance
600	Solar EUV flux	Geo	Space Weather	5 % 5 % 20 %			3 sec	60 sec 60 sec 5 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	Atmospheric energy input
601	Solar EUV image	Sun	Space Weather	1 % 1 % 10 %	1 arcsec 1 arcsec 5 arcsec		60 sec 60 sec 5 min	60 sec 5 min 15 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	Flare and active region localization; EUV flux localization
602	Solar H-alpha image	Sun	Space Weather	1 % 1 % 10 %	1 arcsec 1 arcsec 5 arcsec		60 sec 60 sec 5 min	60 sec 10 min 60 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	Solar flares, filaments, prominences, and active region structure
603	Solar magnetic field	Sun	Space Weather	1 Gauss 1 Gauss 5 Gauss	1 arcsec 1 arcsec 5 arcsec		60 sec 10 min 60 min	60 sec 10 min 60 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	Solar wind model boundary condition
604	Solar radio flux	n/a	Space Weather	5 % 5 % 20 %			1 sec 60 sec 60 sec	60 sec 60 sec 5 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	Activity monitoring; CME characterisation; flux proxies
605	Solar white light image	Sun	Space Weather	1 % 1 % 10 %	1 arcsec 1 arcsec 5 arcsec		60 sec 60 sec 10 min	60 sec 10 min 60 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	Identify sunspot groups
606	Solar wind density	L1	Space Weather	5 % 10 % 20 %			10 sec 20 sec 60 sec	60 sec 5 min 15 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	Solar wind disturbance detection
607	Solar wind temperature	L1	Space Weather	5 % 5 % 20 %			10 sec 20 sec 60 sec	60 sec 5 min 15 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	Solar wind disturbance detection
608	Solar wind velocity	L1	Space Weather	5 % 5 % 20 %			10 sec 20 sec 60 sec	60 sec 5 min 15 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	Solar wind disturbance detection
609	Solar X-ray flux	n/a	Space Weather	0.05 watt·m^-2 0.05 watt·m^-2 0.2 watt·m^-2			N/A N/A 3 sec	60 sec 60 sec 5 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	Ionospheric energy input
610	Solar X-ray image	Sun	Space Weather	1 % 1 % 10 %	1 arcsec 1 arcsec 5 arcsec		60 sec 60 sec 5 min	60 sec 5 min 15 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	Flare and active region localization
611	Spread F	Ionos	Space Weather	1 km 5 km 50 km	10 km 200 km 500 km		5 min 15 min 60 min	60 sec 10 min 60 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	Vertical extent of disturbed F-region
612	Geomagnetic field	Land surface	Space Weather	0.1 nanoTesla (nT) 0.3 nanoTesla (nT) 1 nanoTesla (nT)	100 km 200 km 500 km		1 sec 10 sec 10 sec	60 sec 10 min 60 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	Indicator of geomagnetic activity and ionospheric currents
613	Geomagnetic field	Geo	Space Weather	0.1 nanoTesla (nT) 0.3 nanoTesla (nT) 1 nanoTesla (nT)	26420 km 66000 km 264200 km		1 sec 10 sec 10 sec	60 sec 5 min 10 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	Magnetopause crossing and sudden impulse detection
614	Geomagnetic field	Leo	Space Weather	0.1 nanoTesla (nT) 0.3 nanoTesla (nT) 1 nanoTesla (nT)	1 km 10 km 100 km		1 sec 5 sec 10 sec	60 sec 60 sec 10 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	Geomagnetic activity indicator
615	Solar coronagraphic image	Helio	Space Weather	1 % 1 % 10 %	1 arcsec 1 arcsec 5 arcsec		5 min 5 min 15 min	5 min 10 min 60 min	Global	tentative	2011-05-01	ICTSW-1	Solar eruption velocity
709	Radiation Dose Rate	UTLS	Space Weather	5 % 10 % 20 %	100 km 200 km 500 km	0.1 km 1 km 2 km	60 sec 5 min 10 min	5 min 15 min 20 min	Global	tentative	2013-10-01	ICTSW (T. Onsager)	To obtain radiation dose estimates at airline cruising altitude
710	Atmospheric density	LoThermo	Space Weather	5 % 7 % 10 %	100 km 200 km 500 km	5 km 10 km 25 km	5 sec 60 sec 5 min	5 min 20 min 60 min	Global	tentative	2013-10-01	ICTSW (T. Onsager)	For satellite services and atmosphere-ionosphere coupled models
711	Atmospheric density	HiThermo	Space Weather	10 % 15 % 20 %	100 km 200 km 500 km	20 km 50 km 100 km	5 sec 5 min 30 min	30 min 45 min 60 min	Global	tentative	2013-10-01	ICTSW (T. Onsager)	Used for satellite services and atmosphere-ionosphere coupled models
712	Wind (horizontal)	LoThermo	Space Weather	5 m.s^-1 7 m.s^-1 10 m.s^-1	100 km 200 km 500 km	5 km 10 km 25 km	5 sec 60 sec 5 min	5 min 20 min 60 min	Global	tentative	2013-10-01	ICTSW (T. Onsager)	Used for satellite services and atmosphere-ionosphere coupled models
713	Wind (horizontal)	HiThermo	Space Weather	10 m.s^-1 20 m.s^-1 30 m.s^-1	100 km 200 km 500 km	20 km 30 km 50 km	5 sec 5 min 30 min	30 min 45 min 60 min	Global	tentative	2013-10-01	ICTSW (T. Onsager)	Used for satellite services and atmosphere-ionosphere coupled models
714	Atmospheric temperature	LoThermo	Space Weather	10 K 14 K 20 K	100 km 200 km 500 km	5 km 10 km 25 km	5 sec 60 sec 5 min	5 min 20 min 60 min	Global	tentative	2013-10-01	ICTSW (T. Onsager)	For atmosphere-ionosphere coupled models
715	Atmospheric temperature	HiThermo	Space Weather	35 K 75 K 140 K	100 km 200 km 500 km	20 km 30 km 50 km	5 sec 5 min 30 min	30 min 45 min 60 min	Global	tentative	2013-10-01	ICTSW (T. Onsager)	Note: the requirement on uncertainty varies considerably with phase of the solar cycle as the atmospheric temperature in the high thermosphere varies. The threshold value of uncertainty is approximately 140 K during solar maximum and 70 K during solar minimum.
739	Electron differential directional flux	Geo Leo Meo	Space Weather	5 % 10 % 25 %	45 degrees 90 degrees 180 degrees		60 sec 5 min 10 min	60 sec 10 min 100 min	Global	tentative	2014-01-31	ICTSW (T. Onsager)	Derived from the requirement for (non-directional) electron flux density energy spectrum
740	Electron differential directional flux	L1	Space Weather	5 % 10 % 25 %	360 degrees 360 degrees 360 degrees		60 sec 5 min 10 min	60 sec 10 min 100 min	Global	tentative	2014-01-31	ICTSW (T. Onsager)	Derived from the initial requirement for the (non-directional) flux energy spectrum
741	Heavy ion angular flux energy and mass spectrum	Geo Leo Meo	Space Weather	5 % 10 % 25 %	45 degrees 90 degrees 180 degrees		60 sec 5 min 10 min	60 sec 10 min 100 min	Global	tentative	2014-01-31	ICTSW (T. Onsager)	Derived from an initial requirement for (non-directional) flux density energy and mass spectrum
742	Heavy ion angular flux energy and mass spectrum	L1	Space Weather	5 % 10 % 25 %	360 degrees 360 degrees 360 degrees		60 sec 5 min 10 min	60 sec 10 min 100 min	Global	tentative	2014-01-31	ICTSW (T. Onsager)	Requirement derived from an initial requirement for (non-directional) flux density energy and mass spectrum