Post on 22-Dec-2015
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The Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling Empirical
Model Chain
The Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling empirical model chainconsists of models drawn from a wide variety of sources with the goalof providing sun-to-Earth predictions for space weather research andapplications. The major goal of this chain is to provide a commonframework for empirical models. In this way additional models can beeasily integrated, compared, and validated by members of industry,government, and the broader research community. The chain currentlyconsists of the WSA solar-wind propagation model that uses solarmagnetogram measurements to specify the solar-wind velocity and otherquantities near Earth. Using the velocity as an input driver are twoenergetic electron models, an Ap index model, and a dB/dt model.
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Knowledge Transfer and Empirical Modeling Team
D. Baker (CU/LASP)
R. Weigel(CU/LASP)
D. Vassiliadis (NASA/GSFC)
A. Klimas(NASA/GSFC)
R. McPherron (UCLA)
G. Siscoe (BU)
N. Crooker (BU)
H. Spence(BU)
H. Singer (SEC/NOAA)
T. Onsager (SEC/NOAA)
N. Arge (SEC/NOAA)
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Outline of Chain
L1-EarthPropagation
SurfacedB/dt
MeV ElectronFlux
External FieldVBSolar Boundary
Measurements
ACE Measurements
SWPropagation
Ap
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Sharing Knowledge with Space Physics Community
• Common framework allows for rapid addition of new models and ensemble prediction
• Models are presented to research community on a web site with documentation and links to other resources
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Earth
Leveraging Community-Developed models
Weimer L1-Earth Propagation Model
Tsyganenko External Field model
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Sun
Earth
Mount Wilson Observatory Solar Magnetograms
Wang-Sheely Model modified by Arge
Solar Wind Velocity
CISM Energetic Electron Models
Sun-to-Earth Modeling and Forecasts
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Sun
Earth
Mount Wilson Observatory Solar Magnetograms
Wang-Sheely Model modified by Arge
Solar Wind Velocity
Sun-to-Earth Modeling and Forecasts
CISM Surface dB/dt Model
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