SM31E-03
DSCOVR: Real-Time Solar Wind Data and Operational Products
Wednesday, 16 December 2015: 08:30
2018 (Moscone West)
Michele D Cash1,2, Douglas Alan Biesecker1, Alysha Reinard1 and Curt A de Koning3, (1)NOAA Boulder, SWPC, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Abstract:
We present on the current state of NOAA’s DSCOVR satellite, the first operational satellite in deep space. DSCOVR, which was launched on February 11, 2015 and was inserted into L1 orbit on June 8, 2015, is the operational replacement for the real-time solar wind instruments on the NASA/ACE satellite. DSCOVR provides high time resolution interplanetary magnetic field and solar wind measurements that will be available to the research community in near real-time. We discuss both current and future operational products generated using the real-time DSCOVR data. These products include robust averaging of the high resolution solar wind data, an L1 to Earth propagation delay time product, and a non-recurrent geomagnetic storm prediction product designed to identify and accurately predict the occurrence, duration, and strength of large geomagnetic storms. Current product status and future work will be discussed.
