ISWAT - International Space Weather Action Teams 

To have access to experts in all domains of Space Weather and thereby facilitate multi-disciplinary collaborations.

To benefit from the synergy that the coordinated intra- and inter-cluster activities enable.

Expose your project or model to the wider community.

Get professional feedback from peers as part of the ISWAT initiative (both from within and outside of your Action Team/Cluster).

Apply and develop metrics to test and validate your model(s) on data sets.

Use your data/measurements to challenge/verify the existing and upcoming models.

Participate in community-wide campaigns and ensemble forecasts.

Speak with a global voice to international organizations and national/international funding agencies.

Building upon other established and emerging international space weather initiatives (e.g. SCOSTEP/VarSITI, ISWI, ISSI, LWS Institutes, International Forum on Space Weather Capabilities Assessment facilitated by the CCMC, etc...).

Serves as a resource (a “fast response unit”) for International Organizations and Committees (e.g. UN COPUOS, IUGG, IAU, WMO, ICAO, ISES) and established and emerging Coordination Groups (e.g. ESF/ESSC European Space Weather Assessment and Consolidation Group, UN International Coordination Group for Space Weather).

Leverage highly-utilized international community resources such as SPENVIS, CCMC, World Data Centers.

Establish feedback loops with international space weather service providers (e.g. ISES).

Build relationships with (and encourage teams from) the various related space weather communities (e.g. from within SHINE, GEM, CEDAR, AGU, EGU, AOGS, URSI, IAGA, etc...).

To provide an enduring platform/permanent home for projects that have come to the end of their "funded" life (e.g. EU projects, ISSI teams, LWS teams, etc...).

To date, the ILWS/COSPAR Global Roadmap (our Living Global Space Weather Roadmap, updated every ~5 years) has been referenced in many global, national, and regional Action Plans/Guidelines including UN COPUOS documentation.

ISWAT activities are lined-up with national and international space weather programs and funding opportunities (e.g. NASA, NSF, EU, ESA, AFOSR, etc...) and with campaigns/special scientific events (e.g. PSP perihelia, WHPI, etc....).

Mutually beneficial joint activities of international participants supplement core independent capabilities and maximize return on national/regional agencies investments to space weather efforts.