14 January 2008 CISM Presentation 1

SWPCSafeguarding Our Advanced

Technologies

Leveraging Research Transition-to-Operations Modern Forecast Environment Reaching New Customers Better Delivery of Services Partnering With the Private Sector Increasing Public Awareness

Thomas J. Bogdan

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Leveraging Research

Our current annual investment in space weather related R&D is approximately:

(a) $1M (b) $10M (c) $100M (d) $1G NASA, DoD, NSF, DoE, DoI, … CISM, CCMC, GSFC, NCAR, AFRL, NRL, CSPAR, CSEM, MSFC, NSO, JHU/APL, SAO, IfA, NJIT, PPPL, JPL, UNH, BU, SSL, LASP, SwRI, NWRA, UCLA, UDel, UMD, Dartmouth, UCR, UCSD, UMontana, LMSL, Cornell, UMinn, UArizona, USU, UTDallas, Rice, GeoMason, UIllinois, UIowa, CIRES, UAF, LANL, FSI, MIT, UAH, ULowell, SRI, Penn State, UWashington, Duke, Aerospace Corp, UTAustin, MSFC, BC, …

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Transition-to-Operations

Developmental Test-Bed Center Rapid Prototyping Capability Customer Feedback on Prototypes Product Synthesis Product Validation & Verification

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Modern Forecast Environment

Forecasters vs. Operations Specialists Automated Alerts, Watches and Warnings Integrated Guidance from Numerical Space Weather Prediction Models Ensemble and Probabilistic Forecasts

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Reaching New Customers

Global Navigation Satellite Systems Commercial Space Transportation Commercial Satellite Services Next Generation Air Transportation System Emergency Management Personnel Space-Based Defense and National Security Power Grid Operations

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Better Delivery of Services

Dedicated Push-Pull Data Delivery Graphical User Interfaces Streaming Space Weather Forecasts Web-Based Dissemination

Northern Hemisphere View

North America View

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Partnering With the Private Sector

Real-Time Data Access Products and Services for Decision-Makers Specialized Decision-Support Tools Sensors on Commercial Satellites/Aircraft Radio Occultation Data Providers Creating Markets

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Increasing Public Awareness

Space Weather Enterprise Forum Space Weather Week In-Flight Infomercials Space Weather Advisories on TV/Radio Spare-Time University