Space Weather - UK Activity

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Space Weather - UK Activity Mark Gibbs, Head of Space Weather Met Office

Background Risk of significant event is greatest for 3 to 4 years around the solar max, but predominantly on the downslope from the max. BUT extreme events don’t necessarily occur around solar maximums © Crown copyright Met Office 2

Impact scales © Crown copyright Met Office

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Public communication Public want information become informed Don’t want to be told only when the ‘big one’ is coming Information from trusted source Cross-government communications workshop Within government Public communications Joint UK / US workshop on public communication © Crown copyright Met Office

Future work Socio-economic study Cost of space weather Benefits of forecasts Benefits of monitoring assets Developing off-Sun-Earth satellite proposal © Crown copyright Met Office

Mark.gibbs@metoffice.gov.uk Phone: 07867 501404 © Crown copyright Met Office

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