Understanding space weather to shield society: A global road map for 2015-2025 commissioned by COSPAR and ILWS

• Autores: Schrijver, Carolus J.; Kauristie, Kirsti; Aylward, Alan D.; Denardini, Clezio M.; Gibson, Sarah E.; Glover, Alexi; Gopalswamy, Nat; Grande, Manuel; Hapgood, Mike; Heynderickx, Daniel; Jakowski, Norbert; Kalegaev, Vladimir V.; Lapenta, Giovanni; Linker, Jon A.; Liu, Siqing; Mandrini, Cristina Hemilse; Mann, Ian R.; Nagatsuma, Tsutomu; Nandy, Dibyendu; Obara, Tkahiro; O´brien, T. Paul; Onsager, Terrance; Opgenoorth, Hermann J.; Terkildsen, Michael; Valladares, Cesar E.; Vilmer, Nicole
• Año de publicación: 2015
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Materia: SPACE WEATHER; COSPAR/ILWS; RAODMAP PANEL
• Institución: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

There is a growing appreciation that the environmental conditions that we call space weather impact the technological infrastructure that powers the coupled economies around the world. With that comes the need to better shield society against space weather by improving forecasts, environmental specifications, and infrastructure design. We recognize that much progress has been made and continues to be made with a powerful suite of research observatories on the ground and in space, forming the basis of a Sun-Earth system observatory. But the domain of space weather is vast - extending from deep within the Sun to far outside the planetary orbits - and the physics complex - including couplings between various types of physical processes that link scales and domains from the microscopic to large parts of the solar system. Consequently, advanced understanding of space weather requires a coordinated international approach to effectively provide awareness of the processes within the Sun-Earth system through observation-driven models. This roadmap prioritizes the scientific focus areas and research infrastructure that are needed to significantly advance our understanding of space weather of all intensities and of its implications for society. Advancement of the existing system observatory through the addition of small to moderate state-of-the-art capabilitiesdesigned to fill observational gaps will enable significant advances. Such a strategy requires urgent action: key instrumentation needs to be sustained, and action needs to be taken before core capabilities are lost in the aging ensemble. We recommend advances through priority focus (1) on observation-based modeling throughout the Sun-Earth system, (2) on forecasts more than 12 h ahead of the magnetic structure of incoming coronal mass ejections, (3) on understanding the geospace response to variable solar-wind stresses that lead to intense geomagnetically-induced currents and ionospheric and radiation storms, and (4) on developing a comprehensive specification of space climate, including the characterization of extreme space storms to guide resilient and robust engineering of technological infrastructures. The roadmap clusters its implementation recommendations by formulating three action pathways, and outlines needed instrumentation and research programs and infrastructure for each of these. An executive summary provides an overview of all recommendations.
Fil: Schrijver, Carolus J.. Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory; Estados Unidos
Fil: Kauristie, Kirsti. Finnish Meteorological Institute; Finlandia
Fil: Aylward, Alan D.. University College London; Estados Unidos
Fil: Denardini, Clezio M.. Centro de Previsao de Tempo e Estudos Climaticos. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais; Brasil
Fil: Gibson, Sarah E.. HAO/NCAR; Estados Unidos
Fil: Glover, Alexi. RHEA System and ESA SSA Programme Office; Alemania
Fil: Gopalswamy, Nat. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Estados Unidos
Fil: Grande, Manuel. Univ. of Aberystwyth; Estados Unidos
Fil: Hapgood, Mike. RAL Space and STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory; Reino Unido
Fil: Heynderickx, Daniel. DH Consultancy BVBA; Bélgica
Fil: Jakowski, Norbert. German Aerospace Center; Alemania
Fil: Kalegaev, Vladimir V.. Lomonosov Moscow State University; Rusia
Fil: Lapenta, Giovanni. KU Leuven; Bélgica
Fil: Linker, Jon A..
Fil: Liu, Siqing. Chinese Academy Of Sciences; República de China
Fil: Mandrini, Cristina Hemilse. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; Argentina
Fil: Mann, Ian R.. University of Alberta; Canadá
Fil: Nagatsuma, Tsutomu. National Inst. of Information and Communications Techn; Japón
Fil: Nandy, Dibyendu. Center for Excellence in Space Sciences and Indian Institute of Science; India
Fil: Obara, Tkahiro. Tohoku University; Japón
Fil: O´brien, T. Paul. Aerospace Corporation; Estados Unidos
Fil: Onsager, Terrance. NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center; Estados Unidos
Fil: Opgenoorth, Hermann J.. Swedish Institute of Space Physics; Suecia
Fil: Terkildsen, Michael. Space Weather Services; Australia
Fil: Valladares, Cesar E.. Boston College; Estados Unidos
Fil: Vilmer, Nicole. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Observatoire de Paris; Francia