Special Issue 2: Achievements and Future Goals

Papers on International Coordination and Interfacing with User Groups

Summaries of  Current State and Recommendations 

  • to be presented and discussed during the Scene Setting Session at the ISWAT Working Meeting in Coimbra on September 25, 2022
  • to be made available for Roadmap co-authors and community comments before September 10, 2022 (word documents can be send to Masha or linked to Google drive from this page with view/comment permissions)

Tentative Title: International Space Weather Landscape

ISWAT Cluster(s): All

First Author/POC: Mamoru Ishii, mishii@nict.go.jp

First Author Affiliation: NICT - National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, JAPAN

Co-authors: Joaquim E. R. Costa, Clezio Marcos Denardini, Sergio Dassocde, Vanina Lanaberec, María Graciela Molinafgh, Juan Americo Gonzalez-Esparzai, Juan Alejandro Valdiviajk.

  • ESA (Jussi Luntama, Alexi Glover)
  • Overview of initiatives/programs in Germany (Jens Berdermann )
  • Italian Space Agency ( Christina Plainaki)
  • National Institute for Astrophysics, Italy (Mauro Messerotti)
  • NASA (Jim Spann)
  • SANSA (Stefan Lotz)
  • India (Dibyendu Nandi)
  • Australia  / New Zealand (Richard Marshall)
  • TBD/TBC

Working Abstract:  The field of space weather is quite a huge and it is difficult to observe and forecast whole of it by only one organization or country. International collaboration is essential for operational space weather monitoring and forecast and implemented for long period.Since the beginning of 21th century, a lot of organizations mainly in the United Nations established workshops and started the discussion of space weather, and some of them moved to operational services. These frameworks are based on the meteorology and utility of space which means that space weather information contributes to social activities.

The paper will include overviews (following the agreed template) of space weather assets and activities for all countries / regions interested to contribute.

Links:

[Paper Outline] [Paper Draft (for co-authors)] [References] [POCs] [Contributions] [Summary and Recommendations] 

[Wider Space Weather Landscape]

Tentative Title: A road to coordination between different international bodies in space weather

ISWAT Cluster(s): All

POCs: 

The paper will include references to COPUOS SW Expert Group activities, final report and how to move forward. 

Note: This paper can be combined with the paper on International Space Weather Landscape

Links:

[Paper Outline] [Paper Draft] [References] [Summary] 

Tentative Title: Towards Inter-Agency Forum for Space Weather Missions: an Outlook International Coordination from National/Regional Space Agencies 

ISWAT Cluster(s): All

POCs: Jim Spann (NASA, USA), jim.spann@nasa.gov

Co-authors: 

  • ESA ( Alexi Glover, Jussi Luntama)
  • NASA (Jim Spann)
  • TBD/TBC
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Working Abstract: 

  • International coordination between space agencies to strategize on how to address the science barriers to advancing understanding and forecasting of space weather is needed
  • In the past, international coordination between space agencies has occurred regarding research of the connected solar-terrestrial system - e.g., International Solar Terrestrial Physics Program (ISTP), and more recently the International Living With a Star (ILWS)
  • Currently the operational component of space weather has space agency international coordination through organizations such as the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), and Coordinated Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS)

Coordination – sharing of information, plans, and ideas on how to address space weather global challenges and gaps

Observations

  • Research
  • Operations
  • Space Based
  • Ground Based

Modeling

  • Operations
  • Research

Data Sharing

  • Format
  • Standardization
  • Open data policy

Space Weather scales and event characterization

User Needs

Questions to consider

  1. How best to strategically coordinate the observations of space weather for science and operations among the space agencies?
  2. To what extent can existing international coordination efforts be leveraged?
  3. How should the SWx community be involved in any coordination?
  4. Other aspects of SWx coordination.

Links:

[Paper Outline] [Paper Draft] [References] [Summary and Recommendations] 

[Wider Space Weather Landscape]

 

Tentative Title: Interfacing with User Groups

ISWAT Cluster(s): All

First Author/POC: Richard Marshall, richard.marshall@bom.gov.au

First Author Affiliation: Australia Bureau of Meteorology, Australia

Co-authors: David Jackson and Terry Onsager

Working Abstract:  

Potential beneficiaries of the COSPAR Space Weather Roadmap can be classified in 2 groups – 1) operational space weather service providers which can be viewed as direct users of the science developed through the COSPAR roadmap process; 2) end-users such as the electricity and satellites sectors whose requirements should define the metrics and parameters delivered through the products of space weather service providers, which therefore are intimately linked to the focus and evolution of the COSPAR roadmap.

With regard to Group 1, interaction with COSPAR that feeds Group 2 requirements into the roadmap process may be enhanced via specific activities such as:

  • Participation in COSPAR bodies such as the Panel on Space Weather and ISWAT
  • Participation in ISES and WMO space weather teams that are increasingly engaging with COSPAR to better coordinate research and operational space weather activities
  • Promoting actions to ensure the R2O-O2R circle is complete. This may include adopting specific R2O-O2R actions or best-practice identified through WMO, ISES or COSPAR activities that may also be effectively used to focus future iterations of COSPAR space weather roadmaps.

Regarding group 2), this paper shall provide a short overview of end-user requirements obtained through interaction of the two groups which focus on the four key end-user pathways of Power industry and GICs; Navigation/Communications/Radio; Satellite/Debris Drag; Radiation. These requirements are discussed in more detail in Tier 3 papers. Via these examples, the connection from end-user impacts through to operations through to research requirements can be clarified.

Links:

[Paper Outline] [Paper Draft] [References] [Summary and Recommendations] 

COSPAR Questionnaire for Users (operational forecast providers)