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SPACE WEATHER,
VOL. 6,
S08003,
4 PP., 2008
doi:10.1029/2007SW000381
First successful prediction of a convective equatorial ionospheric storm using solar wind parameters
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Space Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, USA
One of the major challenges of the National Space Weather Program in the United States is to predict the generation of intense turbulence in the equatorial and low-latitude ionosphere. We term this a convective equatorial ionospheric storm since, much like a thunderstorm, low-density media erupt upward, releasing stored gravitational energy. This is an important phenomenon since both communication and navigational systems can be severely affected by the associated turbulence. Here, for the first time, we use solar wind data obtained upstream of the Earth and a physics-based assimilative model to successfully predict such an event during a strong magnetic storm in November 2004.
Received 17 December 2007; accepted 21 April 2008; published 28 August 2008.
Citation: (2008), First successful prediction of a convective equatorial ionospheric storm using solar wind parameters, Space Weather, 6, S08003, doi:10.1029/2007SW000381.
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