WMO OSCAR | Application Area: 1.3 Ionosphere, Thermosphere and Geomagnetic Field Forecasting and Monitoring

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Application: 1.3 Ionosphere, Thermosphere and Geomagnetic Field Forecasting and Monitoring

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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
Focal Point	Kirsti Kauristie
Earth System Application Category	1. Space Weather Applications

Variables measured in this Application Area

Subdomain	Variables
Basic atmospheric	Atmospheric temperature Wind (horizontal) Wind (vertical) Atmospheric density
Solid Earth and magnetic field	Geomagnetic field
Ionospheric disturbances	Electron Density foEs foF2 h'F hmF2 Ionospheric plasma velocity Ionospheric Radio Absorption Ionospheric Scintillation Ionospheric Total Electron Content (TEC) Spread F Electric Field

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	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	1.0	0.05 MHz 0.1 MHz 0.2 MHz 0.5	100 km 200 km 500 km 0.5		5 min 15 min 60 min 0.5	60 sec 10 min 60 min 0.5	Global land	reasonable	2025-12-05	New source to be determined		Values discussed with ET-SWX. Submitted by Kirsti Kauristie AA 1.3 POC.	Relevant publications: RADIO SCIENCE, VOL. 44, RS2016, doi:10.1029/2008RS003955, 2009 RADIO SCIENCE, VOL. 44, RS2017, doi:10.1029/2008RS003956, 2009	Parameter derived from ionosonde measurements. Provides estimate of maximum electron density at ionospheric F2 layer	Attributes for uncertainty and stability need still additional discussions among the community.
1156	Ionospheric Total Electron Content (TEC)	Ionos	1.3 Ionosphere, Thermosphere and Geomagnetic Field Forecasting and Monitoring	1.0	0.1 TECU 0.5 TECU 1 TECU 0.5	100 km 200 km 500 km 0.5		5 min 15 min 60 min 0.5	60 sec 10 min 60 min 0.5	Global land	reasonable	2025-12-05	New source to be determined		Values discussed with ET-SWX. Submitted by Kirsti Kauristie AA 1.3 POC.		Total electron current derived from the geometry free measurement (ionospheric refraction) by GNSS .	Attributes for stability need still additional discussions
1157	hmF2	n/a (2D)	1.3 Ionosphere, Thermosphere and Geomagnetic Field Forecasting and Monitoring	1.0	1 km 5 km 10 km 0.5	100 km 200 km 500 km 0.5		5 min 15 min 60 min 0.5	60 sec 10 min 60 min 0.5	Global land	reasonable	2025-12-07	New source to be determined		Values discussed with ET-SWX. Submitted by Kirsti Kauristie AA 1.3 POC.		hmF2 is a parameter derived from ionosonde data. It can be used to estimate the altitude of electron density maximum in the F2 layer of ionosphere.	Attributes for uncertainty and stability need still additional discussions.
1158	Ionospheric Radio Absorption	Ionos	1.3 Ionosphere, Thermosphere and Geomagnetic Field Forecasting and Monitoring	1.0	0.1 dB 0.2 dB 0.5 dB 0.5	100 km 200 km 500 km 0.5		60 sec 5 min 10 min 0.5	60 sec 10 min 60 min 0.5	Global land	reasonable	2025-12-07	New source to be determined		Values discussed with ET-SWX. Submitted by Kirsti Kauristie AA 1.3 POC.		Ionospheric radio absorption can be used to monitor electron density enhancements in ionospheric D-layer	Attributes for Uncertainty and stability need still additional discussions.
1159	h'F	n/a (2D)	1.3 Ionosphere, Thermosphere and Geomagnetic Field Forecasting and Monitoring	1.0	1 km 5 km 10 km 0.5	100 km 200 km 500 km 0.5		5 min 15 min 60 min 0.5	60 sec 10 min 60 min 0.5	Global land	reasonable	2025-12-07	New source to be determined		Values discussed with ET-SWX. Submitted by Kirsti Kauristie AA 1.3 POC.		h'F is a parameter derived from ionosonde measurements. It can be used to estimate the true altitude of the maximum electron density in the F-layer of ionosphere.	Attributes for Uncertainty and stability need still some discussions.
1160	Ionospheric Scintillation	Ionos	1.3 Ionosphere, Thermosphere and Geomagnetic Field Forecasting and Monitoring	1.0	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	2025-12-07	New source to be determined	The requirements are applicable both for phase and amplitude scintillation.	Values discussed with ET-SWX. Submitted by Kirsti Kauristie AA 1.3 POC.	Hr Threshold is only a first estimate.	Ionospheric scintillation caused by small scale irregularities in electron density can be monitored with GNSS receivers with high sampling (50 Hz) capability.	Attributes for Uncertainty and stability need still additional discussions.
1161	Geomagnetic field	Land surface	1.3 Ionosphere, Thermosphere and Geomagnetic Field Forecasting and Monitoring	1.0	0.1 nanoTesla (nT) 0.3 nanoTesla (nT) 1 nanoTesla (nT) 0.5	100 km 200 km 500 km 0.5		1 sec 10 sec 60 sec 0.5	60 sec 10 min 60 min 0.5	Global land	tentative	2025-12-07	New source to be determined	Requirement for geomagnetic storm detection.	Submitted by Kirsti Kauristie AA 1.3 POC.		Geomagnetic storm evolution can be followed in near-real time with networks of flux gate magnetometers. These measurements do not necessarily fulfill all geomagnetic observatory standards in all measurement sites.	Attributes for Uncertainty and Stability need still discussions.
1162	Geomagnetic field	Land surface	1.3 Ionosphere, Thermosphere and Geomagnetic Field Forecasting and Monitoring	1.0	0.1 nanoTesla (nT) 0.3 nanoTesla (nT) 1 nanoTesla (nT) 0.5	100 km 200 km 500 km 0.5		1 sec 60 sec 15 min 0.5	60 sec 10 min 60 min 0.5	Global land	reasonable	2025-12-07	New source to be determined	Requirements for data to be used in the updates of the International Geomagnetic Reference Field	Values discussed with ET-SWX. Submitted by Kirsti Kauristie AA 1.3 POC.		Absolute magnetic field observations by geomagnetic observatories fulfilling the standards of INTERMAGNET.	Performance requirements to be updated according to the requirements of INTERMAGNET.
1163	Atmospheric density	HiThermo	1.3 Ionosphere, Thermosphere and Geomagnetic Field Forecasting and Monitoring	1.0	5 % 10 % 30 % 0.5	1000 km 2000 km 5000 km 0.5	25 km 50 km 100 km 0.5	5 sec 5 min 30 min 0.5	60 sec 15 min 60 min 0.5	Global	reasonable	2025-12-07	New source to be determined		Values discussed with ET-SWX. Submitted by Kirsti Kauristie AA 1.3 POC	Global coverage can be achieved by long term satellite measurements. Data from individual orbits can be used to validate thermospheric models in research and near-real-time operations.
1164	Atmospheric density	LoThermo	1.3 Ionosphere, Thermosphere and Geomagnetic Field Forecasting and Monitoring	1.0	5 % 10 % 30 % 0.5	1000 km 2000 km 5000 km 0.5	5 km 10 km 25 km 0.5	5 sec 60 sec 5 min 0.5	60 sec 15 min 60 min 0.5	Global	reasonable	2025-12-07	New source to be determined	Values discussed with ET-SWX. Submitted by Kirsti Kauristie AA 1.3 POC.		Global coverage can be achieved by long term satellite measurements. Data from individual orbits can be used to validate thermospheric models in research and near-real-time operations.