Preparing Today to Use Polarimetry in Tomorrow s Space Weather
Abstract
Space weather has broad and potentially devastating impacts on the Nation, and yet critical questions, central to space weather, remain unanswered. The gaps in our understanding lie at the forefront of scientific research in Heliophysics and represent problems that must be tackled if we wish to advance beyond our current forecasting capability. In particular, the state of the art in both observations and models must be pushed forward in order to improve our ability to predict crucial coronal mass ejection (cme) characteristics including internal magnetic structure and arrival time. We propose the development of the Boulder Space Weather Framework (BSWXF, pronounced beeswax ), which will bring together models and data analysis tools from the Sun through the solar wind in a manner designed to efficiently exploit intended next-generation polarimetric data. As a result, cme reconstruction will be significantly improved leading to increased situational awareness and important guidance for ensemble pruning and data assimilation. Together, these improvements will advance the ultimate goal of a geoeffectiveness forecast capability that will benefit the Air Force, specifically, and the Nation, in general.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Mar 07, 2023
- Source ID
- FA95502110457
Entities
People
- Curt De Koning
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Regents of the University of Colorado
- United States Air Force