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NOAA
provides real-time monitoring and forecasting of solar and geophysical
events, conducts research in solar-terrestrial physics, and develops
techniques for forecasting solar and geophysical disturbances.
Geomagnetic
storms are a natural hazard, like hurricanes and tsunamis, NOAA
Space Environment Center forecasts for the public's benefit.
Severe geomagnetic storms cause communications problems, abruptly
increase drag on spacecraft, and can cause electric utility blackouts
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Today's Space Weather
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Nation's official source of space weather alerts and warnings.
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Space
Weather Advisories - "plain
language" space weather information |
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Real
Time Solar Wind |
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Space
Weather Scales for Geomagnetic Storms, Solar Radiation Storms,
and Radio Blackouts - numbered
levels, analogous to hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes
that convey severity. They list possible effects at each level.
They also show how often such events happen, and give a measure
of the intensity of the physical causes. |
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Solar Images
- from the
NOAA Space Environment Center (SEC). Full disk and large scale
images are available in wavelengths of H-alpha, white-light,
magnetograms and helium 1083. |
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Solar
Calculator — Sunrise/Sunset, solar noon and solar position
calculator |
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Geomagnetic Data
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Solar
Effects |
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Frequently
Asked Questions About Space Weather |
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Glossary
of Space Weather Terms |
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A
Primer on the Space Weather |
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SEC
Education Page |
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Gallery
of Solar Activity |
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Space Environment Center (NOAA Research)
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NOAA
National Weather Service Spaceflight Meteorology Group
- is a critical member of the Flight Control Team in Mission
Control at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas,
providing detailed weather forecasts for Space Shuttle landing
sites in Florida, California, New Mexico, Spain, and Africa.
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