Stormy weather in space

Author

Dooling, D.

Volume

32

Issue

6

fYear

1995

fDate

6/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

64

Lastpage

72

Abstract

This article provides a description of the hostile environment that satellites and spacecraft are exposed to as they travel through the ionosphere and magnetosphere. As this environment changes continually there is a need to be able to predict its future status. Such prediction efforts concentrate on the Sun and solar wind which drives the near Earth environment. Geomagnetic storms are additional disruptive because of their effects on electricity transmission systems. The National Space Weather Program is being formed as a US Federal interagency committee to meet this weather forecasting need

Keywords

artificial satellites; atmospheric techniques; ionosphere; ionospheric disturbances; magnetosphere; space vehicles; National Space Weather Program; US Federal interagency committee; electricity transmission system; geomagnetic storm; hostile environment; ionosphere; magnetic storm; magnetosphere; prediction; satellite; solar wind; space; spacecraft; stormy weather forecasting; Earth; Geomagnetism; Ionosphere; Magnetosphere; Satellites; Space exploration; Space vehicles; Sun; Weather forecasting; Wind forecasting;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Spectrum, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9235

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/6.387145

Filename

387145