Peter Wintoft Swedish Institute of Space Physics IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, July 2, 2003 Real time forecasting of geomagnetic indices Peter Wintoft Swedish Institute of Space Physics
IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, July 2, 2003 Why forecast indices? Summarized continuous information about time dependent phenomenon Used to drive models Large data sets available for –Analysis –Model evaluation –Model development
Peter Wintoft Swedish Institute of Space Physics IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, July 2, 2003 Outline Some applications using geomagnetic indices Real-time forecasts The Lund Dst model –Model evaluation –Short term dynamics –Long term dynamics –Real-time operation
Peter Wintoft Swedish Institute of Space Physics IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, July 2, 2003 Magnetospheric Specification Model - Kp Input: 50 keV el.
Peter Wintoft Swedish Institute of Space Physics IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, July 2, 2003 UPOS: Radiation Belt Environment - Solar wind - Dst Inputs: 10 keV to 5 MeV electrons 10 keV to 1 MeV protons
Peter Wintoft Swedish Institute of Space Physics IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, July 2, 2003 SWRI Input: - Dst Precipitating electron flux for energies 300 eV to 1MeV
Peter Wintoft Swedish Institute of Space Physics IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, July 2, 2003 NOAA Space Weather Scales for Geomagnetic Storms KpScale 5G1 6G2 7G3 8 – 9 - G4 9G5
Peter Wintoft Swedish Institute of Space Physics IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, July 2, 2003 Input: - Kp
Peter Wintoft Swedish Institute of Space Physics IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, July 2, 2003 Kp for GIC forecasts Boteler, D.H. "Assessment of geomagnetic hazard to power systems in Canada",Natural Hazards, 23, , 2001.
Peter Wintoft Swedish Institute of Space Physics IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, July 2, 2003 Real-time forecasts IndexURL AE Dst Kp Ap
Peter Wintoft Swedish Institute of Space Physics IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, July 2, 2003 Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) Models Indices
Peter Wintoft Swedish Institute of Space Physics IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, July 2, 2003 An element for continuously monitoring the solar wind Solar Wind Monitor
Peter Wintoft Swedish Institute of Space Physics IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, July 2, 2003
Peter Wintoft Swedish Institute of Space Physics IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, July 2, Kp at RWC-Sweden
Peter Wintoft Swedish Institute of Space Physics IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, July 2, Dst at RWC-Sweden
Peter Wintoft Swedish Institute of Space Physics IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, July 2, 2003 Matlab Java
Peter Wintoft Swedish Institute of Space Physics IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, July 2, 2003 Overall performance of different Dst models
Peter Wintoft Swedish Institute of Space Physics IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, July 2, 2003
Peter Wintoft Swedish Institute of Space Physics IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, July 2, 2003
Peter Wintoft Swedish Institute of Space Physics IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, July 2, 2003 Accuracy of the onset time of large slopes in Dst tt
Peter Wintoft Swedish Institute of Space Physics IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, July 2, 2003 Power spectrum
Peter Wintoft Swedish Institute of Space Physics IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, July 2, 2003 Wavelet of Dst 27 d 0.5 y 1 y 1.3 y
Peter Wintoft Swedish Institute of Space Physics IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, July 2, 2003 Wavelet of predicted Dst 27 d 0.5 y 1 y 1.3 y
Peter Wintoft Swedish Institute of Space Physics IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, July 2, 2003
Peter Wintoft Swedish Institute of Space Physics IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, July 2, 2003 Effect of data gaps
Peter Wintoft Swedish Institute of Space Physics IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, July 2, 2003 Future List of updated forecast models –ESA/TOS-EMA?, ISES?, SEC? (alphabetical order!) –Plots, Data, Models –Evaluation Evaluation –RMS error and correlation (overall performance) –Skill scores (comparative overall performance) –Onset times –Long term dynamics –Real time performance
Peter Wintoft Swedish Institute of Space Physics IUGG, Sapporo, Japan, July 2, 2003 Indices Power grid Spacecraft