09:30 〜 09:45
[PEM11-06] NOAA's Space Weather Observations Providing Operational Space Weather Capability
★Invited Papers
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA's) Office of Space Weather
Observations will ensure observations support the forecasting of space weather events such
as geomagnetic storms, ionospheric disturbances, solar wind, solar flares and coronal mass
ejections (CMEs) as well as providing backbone measurements necessary for research. The
Space Weather Observations Programs Division, a joint NOAA and NASA office, is managing
both the Space Weather Follow On (SWFO) and SW Next program. The projects under
SW Next program will provide for the continuity of the SWFO-L1 mission, as well as other
needed and new multi-point observations into the 2030s to minimize the economic and societal
impacts from space weather events. SW Next is closely collaborating with the European Space
Agency (ESA) on the Vigil mission (2029), which will carry NOAA’s Compact Coronagraph 3
(CCOR-3) as part of its extensive payload and will provide measurements from the Lagrange
5 (L5) point. Furthermore, future SW Next missions include observations at GEO and LEO
with space weather measurements improving on those provided by the ongoing GOES-R and the
historic POES programs. These measurements, to be made available through the SpaceWeather
Prediction Center (SWPC) and the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI),
are expected to significantly enhance the accuracy and timeliness of National Weather Service
(NWS) forecasts, as well as provide unprecedented opportunities for research and applications
in academia and industry.
Observations will ensure observations support the forecasting of space weather events such
as geomagnetic storms, ionospheric disturbances, solar wind, solar flares and coronal mass
ejections (CMEs) as well as providing backbone measurements necessary for research. The
Space Weather Observations Programs Division, a joint NOAA and NASA office, is managing
both the Space Weather Follow On (SWFO) and SW Next program. The projects under
SW Next program will provide for the continuity of the SWFO-L1 mission, as well as other
needed and new multi-point observations into the 2030s to minimize the economic and societal
impacts from space weather events. SW Next is closely collaborating with the European Space
Agency (ESA) on the Vigil mission (2029), which will carry NOAA’s Compact Coronagraph 3
(CCOR-3) as part of its extensive payload and will provide measurements from the Lagrange
5 (L5) point. Furthermore, future SW Next missions include observations at GEO and LEO
with space weather measurements improving on those provided by the ongoing GOES-R and the
historic POES programs. These measurements, to be made available through the SpaceWeather
Prediction Center (SWPC) and the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI),
are expected to significantly enhance the accuracy and timeliness of National Weather Service
(NWS) forecasts, as well as provide unprecedented opportunities for research and applications
in academia and industry.