HR: 17:35h
AN: SA44A-07 INVITED     [Abstracts]
TI: Space Weather Products from the Space Environment Center: present and future
AU: * Balch, C C
EM: christopher.balch@noaa.gov
AF: Space Environment Center, 325 Broadway r/e/se, Boulder, CO 80305 United States
AB: The Space Environment Center, located in Boulder, Colorado, is the nation's official source for space weather alerts, warnings, watches and forecasts. The center has been producing space weather products for the past 40 years, and the suite of data, models and products has evolved as scientific understanding and technical capabilities have advanced. In addition, regular interaction with the user community has provided important guidance in the determination of priorities for development. More recently the center has transitioned to the National Weather Service. In this presentation I will provide a broad overview of space weather products that are currently produced by the center, with an emphasis on the more recent developments. I will also discuss a few of the models, data, and products that are in development and well on the path to becoming operational in the near future. I will also discuss some general aspects of the process for product development and implementation under the new NWS management environment.
DE: 7500 SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY
DE: 2100 INTERPLANETARY PHYSICS
DE: 2447 Modeling and forecasting
DE: 2722 Forecasting
SC: SPA-Aeronomy [SA]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting