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Name 1.3 Ionosphere, Thermosphere and Geomagnetic Field Forecasting and Monitoring
Description This AA is related to the monitoring and forecasting of space weather parameters in the ionosphere and thermosphere and of geomagnetic field variations at the surface of the Earth.
Organization World Meteorological Organization
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Kirsti Kauristie
Earth System Application Category 1. Space Weather Applications

Requirements defined for 1.3 Ionosphere, Thermosphere and Geomagnetic Field Forecasting and Monitoring  (10)

This tables shows all related requirements. For more operations/filtering, please consult the full list of Requirements
Note: In reading the values, goal is marked blue, breakthrough green, threshold orange
Application-dependent Technical Priority (ATP) Magenta and Relative priority of the attributes Red

Id Variable Layer App Area ATP Uncertainty Layer/s Quality Coverage Quality Stability / decade Hor Res Ver Res Obs Cyc Timeliness Coverage Conf Level Val Date Source General Comment Application Area Comment Horizontal Coverage Comment Observation Comment Performance Comment
1155 foF2 n/a (2D) 1.3 Ionosphere, Thermosphere and Geomagnetic Field Forecasting and Monitoring 0.05 MHz
0.1 MHz
0.2 MHz
100 km
200 km
500 km
5 min
15 min
60 min
60 sec
10 min
60 min
Global land reasonable 2025-02-14 New source to be determined Values discussed with ET-SWX. Submitted by Kirsti Kauristie AA 1.3 POC. Fields which are N/A or not known currently are left empty. Corresponding priorities are set zero as temporal solution.
1156 Ionospheric Total Electron Content (TEC) Ionos 1.3 Ionosphere, Thermosphere and Geomagnetic Field Forecasting and Monitoring 0.1 TECU
0.5 TECU
1 TECU
100 km
200 km
500 km
5 min
15 min
60 min
60 sec
10 min
60 min
Global land reasonable 2025-02-14 New source to be determined Values discussed with ET-SWX. Submitted by Kirsti Kauristie AA 1.3 POC. Fields which are N/A or not known currently are left empty. Corresponding priorities are set zero as temporal solution.
1157 hmF2 n/a (2D) 1.3 Ionosphere, Thermosphere and Geomagnetic Field Forecasting and Monitoring 1 km
5 km
10 km
100 km
200 km
500 km
5 min
15 min
60 min
60 sec
10 min
60 min
Global land reasonable 2025-02-14 New source to be determined Values discussed with ET-SWX. Submitted by Kirsti Kauristie AA 1.3 POC. Fields which are N/A or not known currently are left empty. Corresponding priorities are set zero as temporal solution.
1158 Ionospheric Radio Absorption Ionos 1.3 Ionosphere, Thermosphere and Geomagnetic Field Forecasting and Monitoring 0.1 dB
0.2 dB
0.5 dB
100 km
200 km
500 km
60 sec
5 min
10 min
60 sec
10 min
60 min
Global land reasonable 2025-02-14 New source to be determined Values discussed with ET-SWX. Submitted by Kirsti Kauristie AA 1.3 POC. Fields which are N/A or not known currently are left empty. Corresponding priorities are set zero as temporal solution.
1159 h'F n/a (2D) 1.3 Ionosphere, Thermosphere and Geomagnetic Field Forecasting and Monitoring 1 km
5 km
10 km
100 km
200 km
500 km
5 min
15 min
60 min
60 sec
10 min
60 min
Global land reasonable 2025-02-14 New source to be determined Values discussed with ET-SWX. Submitted by Kirsti Kauristie AA 1.3 POC. Fields which are N/A or not known currently are left empty. Corresponding priorities are set zero as temporal solution.
1160 Ionospheric Scintillation Ionos 1.3 Ionosphere, Thermosphere and Geomagnetic Field Forecasting and Monitoring 0.5 0.1 %
1 %
10 %
0.5
50 km
100 km
200 km
0.5
60 sec
2 min
10 min
0.5
60 sec
10 min
60 min
0.5
Global land tentative 2025-02-14 New source to be determined Values discussed with ET-SWX. Submitted by Kirsti Kauristie AA 1.3 POC. Fields which are N/A or not known currently are left empty. Corresponding priorities are set zero as temporal solution. Hr Threshold is only a first estimate.
1161 Geomagnetic field Land surface 1.3 Ionosphere, Thermosphere and Geomagnetic Field Forecasting and Monitoring 0.1 nanoTesla (nT)
0.3 nanoTesla (nT)
1 nanoTesla (nT)
100 km
200 km
500 km
1 sec
10 sec
60 sec
60 sec
10 min
60 min
Global land tentative 2025-02-14 New source to be determined Requirement for geomagnetic storm detection. Submitted by Kirsti Kauristie AA 1.3 POC. Fields which are N/A or not known currently are left empty. Corresponding priorities are set zero as temporal solution.
1162 Geomagnetic field Land surface 1.3 Ionosphere, Thermosphere and Geomagnetic Field Forecasting and Monitoring 0.1 nanoTesla (nT)
0.3 nanoTesla (nT)
1 nanoTesla (nT)
100 km
200 km
500 km
1 sec
60 sec
15 min
60 sec
10 min
60 min
Global land reasonable 2025-02-14 New source to be determined Requirements for IGRF model updates. Values discussed with ET-SWX. Submitted by Kirsti Kauristie AA 1.3 POC. Fields which are N/A or not known currently are left empty. Corresponding priorities are set zero as temporal solution.
1163 Atmospheric density HiThermo 1.3 Ionosphere, Thermosphere and Geomagnetic Field Forecasting and Monitoring 5 %
10 %
30 %
1000 km
2000 km
5000 km
25 km
50 km
100 km
5 sec
5 min
30 min
60 sec
15 min
60 min
Global reasonable 2025-02-14 New source to be determined Values discussed with ET-SWX. Submitted by Kirsti Kauristie AA 1.3 POC. Fields which are N/A or not known currently are left empty. Corresponding priorities are set zero as temporal solution.
1164 Atmospheric density LoThermo 1.3 Ionosphere, Thermosphere and Geomagnetic Field Forecasting and Monitoring 5 %
10 %
30 %
1000 km
2000 km
5000 km
5 km
10 km
25 km
5 sec
60 sec
5 min
60 sec
15 min
60 min
Global reasonable 2025-05-30 New source to be determined Values discussed with ET-SWX. Submitted by Kirsti Kauristie AA 1.3 POC. Fields which are N/A or not known currently are left empty. Corresponding priorities are set zero as temporal solution.