The First Space Weather Forecast Models from the Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling

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7833 Mathematical And Numerical Techniques (0500, 3200), 7924 Forecasting (2722), 7959 Models, 7999 General Or Miscellaneous

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One main objective of the Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling (CISM) is to develop forecast models (FM) for the Sun-Earth chain, and to mature them close to the operational stage. The Sun-Earth chain comprises empirical and physical models. Among the former is the Planetary Equivalent Amplitude FM with a 1 to 7 day prediction of the daily Ap and a 3 to 24 hour prediction of the running 3 hourly ap. We employ a linear filter technique which is driven by real-time ACE solar wind speed and AFWA Ap/ap data. Among the latter is the Ambient Solar Wind FM with a 1 to 5 day prediction of solar wind parameters in 6 hour intervals. It is driven by daily NSO/SOLIS synoptic maps. We employ the Wang-Sheeley-Arge algorithm to transform these into inner boundary conditions for the ideal MHD code ENLIL, which propagates the solar wind structures out to Earth and beyond. We are also preparing a Geospace FM with short-range predictions for magnetospheric and ionospheric parameters, which is driven by real-time ACE measurements. The transition from science to forecast model follows along these main steps: the science model is validated against various metrics, software engineering matures the transition candidate, and useful forecast products are derived from the forecast model.

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