Space weather

[Becca]

is there anything more to space weather than the solar wind and its effects? if so what is the rest of it? this has been puzzling me for some time now so i thought i'd throw it open to the wider physicsy comunity.

[Tormod]

Space weather is basically the interaction between the Earth and the cosmic environment. Solar wind is only one factor - there is also the magnetosphere, cosmic rays, the upper atmosphere, coronal mass ejections etc.

 

There's a good site about this over at http://www.spaceweather.com/ :)

[Becca]

Thanks Tormod. ill refine my research. : )

[Guest chendoh]

Becca, Tormod.....

Here's a few......

 

Space environment, Seems to be shutting down, but will leave database alive. Link now!!!!!

http://see.msfc.nasa.gov/

Ames research Center....Click on astrobiology link

http://space.arc.nasa.gov/

Link from above.....Cool Site! :doh:

http://astrobiology.arc.nasa.gov/

Canadian Gov. site

http://www.spaceweather.gc.ca/

American, similar to spaceweather.com

http://www.spacew.com/index.php

Sun images..Does what it says

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime-images.html

 

And for checking for clear skies, for observing and adding to database http://cleardarksky.com

It even has International sites at the 7timers link, takes you to facts page, click on 7timers = http://csc.lamost.org/eng/index.htm

My apologies to Boerseun, Sutherland, doesn't seem to be updating, neither does Ayers Rock…there may be others.

Home page = http://cleardarksky.com/csk/

 

I have more ....ask, an I shall look, an ye shall receieve.....

 

For tormod….the only thing faster than light is your mind…..:).......chendoh.....

[Turtle]

___I visit the Spaceweather.com site regularly that Tormod posted. I find the PHA work particularly interesting. PHA - Potentially Hazardous Asteroids. The Spaceweather links to this NASA site which goes into greater depth:

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/neo/groups.html

___This is a rather recent area of space environment study & stems largely from increasing discoveries on Earth from past impacts. Just 20 years ago, the idea of Earth being struck by a space rock was 'crackpot' science. This stats graph from the above page gives an idea of just how serious an issue PHA's pose.

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/stats/

[Turtle]

I found something a little odd today. The headline at SpaceWeather is "Solar Nothing", while over at the SOHO site, the banner says CCD Bakeout.

http://www.spaceweather.com/

 

http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/

 

Coronal hole maybe.:hyper:

PS Just a routine procedure; here's a link to 'splain.

http://www.spaceweather.com/glossary/bakeout.htm