Challenges and Opportunities in Magnetospheric Space Weather Prediction
Abstract Space Weather is the study of the dynamics of the coupled Solar‐Terrestrial environment, as these dynamics impact technological systems and human activity. This paper reviews a selection of the advances, challenges, and new opportunities for magnetospheric space weather, and while the focus...
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| description | Abstract Space Weather is the study of the dynamics of the coupled Solar‐Terrestrial environment, as these dynamics impact technological systems and human activity. This paper reviews a selection of the advances, challenges, and new opportunities for magnetospheric space weather, and while the focus is on specific phenomena, many other aspects of space weather will have similar challenges and needs. As a scientific field with direct applications, the field of space weather is partly driven by imperatives from both policy and operations. We provide an introduction to some of the context in which the field exists and discuss how this might shape future developments and norms within the space weather enterprise. We briefly examine benchmarking, as a policy and operationally driven activity, as it provides immediate societal relevance and an opportunity to stretch scientific understanding. As numerical space weather prediction now becomes routine, and exascale computing is in the near future, we identify challenges relating to computational expense and big data, capturing and accounting for uncertainties, and specification of boundary conditions. Here, as with the observations supporting numerical space weather prediction, the key challenge lies in extending the lead time of predictions. We also discuss the role of data, particularly in regard to model validation and empirical modeling. Due to the growing societal impact of space weather, we also examine the relationships between space weather and its terrestrial counterpart and look at the importance of continuous evaluation, monitoring progress in predictive capability, and communication with researchers, forecasters, and end users. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d1547b3cec56456691d308275e472b632025-01-14T16:27:19ZengWileySpace Weather1542-73902020-03-01183n/an/a10.1029/2018SW002108Challenges and Opportunities in Magnetospheric Space Weather PredictionS. K. Morley0Space Science and Applications Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos NM USAAbstract Space Weather is the study of the dynamics of the coupled Solar‐Terrestrial environment, as these dynamics impact technological systems and human activity. This paper reviews a selection of the advances, challenges, and new opportunities for magnetospheric space weather, and while the focus is on specific phenomena, many other aspects of space weather will have similar challenges and needs. As a scientific field with direct applications, the field of space weather is partly driven by imperatives from both policy and operations. We provide an introduction to some of the context in which the field exists and discuss how this might shape future developments and norms within the space weather enterprise. We briefly examine benchmarking, as a policy and operationally driven activity, as it provides immediate societal relevance and an opportunity to stretch scientific understanding. As numerical space weather prediction now becomes routine, and exascale computing is in the near future, we identify challenges relating to computational expense and big data, capturing and accounting for uncertainties, and specification of boundary conditions. Here, as with the observations supporting numerical space weather prediction, the key challenge lies in extending the lead time of predictions. We also discuss the role of data, particularly in regard to model validation and empirical modeling. Due to the growing societal impact of space weather, we also examine the relationships between space weather and its terrestrial counterpart and look at the importance of continuous evaluation, monitoring progress in predictive capability, and communication with researchers, forecasters, and end users.https://doi.org/10.1029/2018SW002108space weathernumerical modelingchallengesoperationsobservationsuncertainty |
| spellingShingle | S. K. Morley Challenges and Opportunities in Magnetospheric Space Weather Prediction Space Weather space weather numerical modeling challenges operations observations uncertainty |
| title | Challenges and Opportunities in Magnetospheric Space Weather Prediction |
| title_full | Challenges and Opportunities in Magnetospheric Space Weather Prediction |
| title_fullStr | Challenges and Opportunities in Magnetospheric Space Weather Prediction |
| title_full_unstemmed | Challenges and Opportunities in Magnetospheric Space Weather Prediction |
| title_short | Challenges and Opportunities in Magnetospheric Space Weather Prediction |
| title_sort | challenges and opportunities in magnetospheric space weather prediction |
| topic | space weather numerical modeling challenges operations observations uncertainty |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1029/2018SW002108 |
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