Do You NOAA: Effects of Space Weather
NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) Scientist Rob Steenburgh talks about the effects space weather we experience on Earth.
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Space Weather
Space Weather Prediction Center
Come see the Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, Colorado. Learn about different types of space weather phenomena, effects on earth, and space weather forecasting.
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Introduction to Space Weather and Space Weather Prediction Center
We rely on advanced technology for almost everything we do today. Satellite communications, GPS applications, and the electric power grid provide the backbone to our Nation’s economic vitality and national security. This technology however, is vulnerable to a threat from space — our Sun. Eruptions from the Sun can have a profound impact on society. In Boulder, Colorado NOAA space weather forecasters maintain a constant vigil on the Sun, alerting a diverse customer base when storms are imminent. Operators from many sectors will take mitigating actions to protect the critical infrastructure that we have come to depend on.
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5 Things: Space Weather
Just like we experience weather on Earth, there’s weather in space! The Sun may look very constant and quiet from Earth, but it’s constantly spewing out a stream of particles called the solar wind. Space weather is activity on the Sun that can affect Earth and interact with our technology.
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Space Weather Prediction Center Education and Outreach
Space Weather refers to variations in the space environment between the sun and Earth (and throughout the solar system) that can affect technologies in space and on Earth. Space weather is primarily driven by solar storm phenomenon that include coronal mass ejections, solar flares, solar particle events and solar wind. These phenomena can occur in various regions on the sun’s surface, but only Earth directed solar storms are potential drivers of space weather events on Earth. An understanding of solar storm phenomena is an important component to developing accurate space weather forecasts (event onset, location, duration, and magnitude).
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Space Weather and Us
Our “How’s the weather on other planets?” page takes you on a tour of the nasty weather on other planets and moons in the solar system. Thank goodness we have only Earth’s weather to worry about, right?
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Space Weather Prediction Center for Kids
Come see the Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, CO. We answer questions about space weather and forecasting.
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Ask a Scientist: How Do You Warn Astronauts About Space Weather?
Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) Scientist Rob Steenburgh explains how the Space Weather Prediction Center warns astronauts about space weather.
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Ask a Scientist: How Often Does Space Weather Happen?
NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) Forecaster Shawn Dahl explains how often space weather happens and if it is happening right now.
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Ask a Scientist: What is a Solar Flare?
Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) Scientist Dr. Michele Cash explains what a solar flare is.
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