Tracking Space Weather Application Progress Towards Usability: Application Usability Levels.

Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Fountain III/IV (Westin Pasadena)
Alexa Jean Halford1, Adam C Kellerman2, Barbara J Thompson3, Antti A Pulkkinen3, Katherine Garcia-Sage4, Brett A Carter5, Sophie A. Murray6, Suzy Bingham7, Daniel T Welling8 and The Assessment of Understanding and Quantifying Progress Working Group part of the CCMC International Forum for Space Weather Capabilities Assessment, (1)Aerospace Corporation Chantilly, Chantilly, VA, United States, (2)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (3)NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (5)RMIT University, SPACE Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia, (6)Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, (7)Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom, (8)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Abstract:
Space physics as a field has quickly evolved beyond science inquires and pure research to the current point where opportunities for interdisciplinary and applied space weather research have notably increased. There is a growing need for a framework that can allow researchers and end users to identify applications for research, quantify metrics for each specific application, and enable communication between the researchers and end users. To this end, the Assessment of Understanding and Quantifying Progress working group, which is part of the International Forum for Space Weather Capabilities Assessment, has developed the Application Usability Level (AUL) framework. The AUL framework was developed by implementing lessons learned from Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) used by the instrumentation community and Application Readiness Levels (ARLs) used by the Applied Science program in NASA’s Earth Science Division, as well as modifying the levels and their milestones to better suit the needs of the Space Weather and Heliophysics communities. We will introduce the AUL framework and show examples of how it can be applied to research for the Space Weather and Heliophysics communities. For more information on the AULs and other work being done by the Assessment of Understanding and Quantifying Progress Working group, please see our website at the CCMC https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/assessment/topics/trackprogress.php
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