| Session Details | |
| Section | ST - Solar & Terrestrial Sciences |
| Session Title | Space Weather Science, Forecasting and Operations, with an Emphasis on Radio Science |
| Main Convener | Dr. Mario Bisi (Science & Technology Facilities Council - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, United Kingdom) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Catherine Burnett (UK Met Office, United Kingdom) Dr. Terry Onsager (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States) Mr. David Webb (Boston College, United States) Dr. Bernard Jackson (University of California, San Diego, United States) Dr. Richard Fallows (The Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Netherlands) |
| Session Description | Various industries and aspects of human society have become highly reliant on modern technologies and regular, uninterrupted energy supplies, many of which are at risk from extreme space weather. Such industries and our technologies can also be impacted to a lesser degree by the 'everyday' space weather that often occurs at the Earth during moderate-to-intense geomagnetic storms. Such industries include the power grids, airlines, telecommunications, GNSS, etc... The intent of this session is to try to ascertain the current global space-weather forecasting capability and to look at where improvements/additional services are needed to better forecast and predict potential space weather from its onset at the Sun to its potential effects on and around the Earth (and indeed elsewhere in the solar system). This session solicits contributions based around the ongoing development of space-weather forecasting services, the provision of observation data to support them, and the pull through of scientific models into operational use. In addition, contributions that highlight the data/model gaps and that identify the steps needed to further improve or keep existing space-weather forecasting services viable, are also highly welcomed. |