Solar Weather
Charts & Maps
Finding data and information can be tedious. Here are a few of the resources that I like to visit and keep book marked.
Goes X Ray Flux
Chart of active CMEs and events in real time. A CME can take up to 3 days to impact Earth’s magnetic field. Strong eruptions can show impact within minutes of explosion.
Planetary KP Index
Chart showing the level and strength of solar storms and their impact.
Solar Wind in Real Time
GeoSpace Magnetosphere
The Geospace Magnetosphere Movies display 2d cut planes of Earth’s magnetosphere from the Geospace model output for three different plasma parameters (velocity, density, and pressure). For each plasma parameter, equatorial (x-y plane) and noon-midnight magnetic meridian (x-z plane) cut planes are plotted in GSM coordinates. The animations show the model forecast, where the lead time depends on the solar wind speed, as well as the previous two hours for context.
Solar Weather Prediction
Charts & Maps
D Region Absorption
Predictions (D-RAP)
The D-Region Absorption Product addresses the operational impact of the solar X-ray flux and SEP events on HF radio communication. Long-range communications using high frequency (HF) radio waves (3 – 30 MHz) depend on reflection of the signals in the ionosphere. Radio waves are typically reflected near the peak of the F2 layer (~300 km altitude), but along the path to the F2 peak and back the radio wave signal suffers attenuation due to absorption by the intervening ionosphere.
Internet Service Outage
The Internet Outages Map is an at-a-glance visualization of global Internet health over the last 24 hours, showing the frequency of Internet outages as seen across ISP, public cloud and edge service networks. You can use this map to quickly understand if an ongoing outage in a provider you rely on is the source of an issue you are experiencing.