Dear colleagues,
We would like to bring to your attention the Plenary Session (P3) on “Space Weather Service Validation” that will take place at the upcoming ESWW2024 (https://esww2024.org/), 4 – 8 November 2024, in Coimbra, Portugal. All submissions concerning the various aspects of this vast field are most welcome. More information about the session can be found below.
P3: Space Weather Service Validation
In the era of vastly developing new space technology and space travel the role of reliable space weather services becomes ever more important in support of resilient operations and safety of human flights. Furthermore, in the present years of maximum solar activity within the current solar cycle, major space weather events with significant impact on various systems, infrastructure or even human health are more likely. Space weather services are of general interest to a large number of end users and various industries, including spacecraft launch and operations, aeronautics and aviation among many others. The possible impacts on spacecraft hardware and electronics, navigation, HF communication and radiation exposure make space weather services a crucial part of present and future safety analysis, risk estimations and mitigation. Keeping in mind the great importance of space weather services, the topic of service validation is not only timely, but becomes inevitable and pressing. The goal of this session is to identify validation needs and provide a comprehensive view of various validation methods used within the space weather community. The session envisions to non-exclusively address validation of scientific models, which could be used in support of space weather service provision, as well as validation of operational and pre-operational services. This includes validation of space weather forecasts and products, as well as their timeliness and dissemination. The services can be validated either against other models or against observables, such as detected space weather impacts. The session welcomes, but is not limited to, contributions featuring validation of ESA space weather products, CCMC and VSWMC, as well as other operational and pre-operational models. The session also stimulates discussion of validation needs upon model transitioning from research to operation. The outcome of the session would serve to demonstrate the reliability of space weather services to the end user, reducing the gap between observed space weather impacts and the operational service provision.
Abstract submission: https://esww2024.org/home/abstracts/
Deadline for oral submissions: June 6, 2024.
Past this date, all submissions will be considered for poster presentation only.
On behalf of the Session Conveners,
Yana Maneva, Leila Mays Markus, Rendani Nndanganeni and Junghee Cho