Quiet before the storm – over!
Last week (starting with June 18) the Sun has launched consecutive solar storms and M-class flares. The shock front of first storm …
NASA SW REDI Bootcamp 2015
The 3rd Space Weather Research, Education and Development Initiative (SW REDI) has been held at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from 2 …
Geomagnetically Induced Currents
The solar wind – magnetosphere energy transfer creates currents flowing in the coupled magnetosphere – inosphere system. The time varying magnetic field …
Geomagnetic Pulsations!
Every now and then geomagnetic pulsations are observed wherever one is measuring Earth’s magnetic field at high latitudes. Such pulsations are categorized …
DSCOVR has reached the halfway mark to L1
Probably one of the most important means in forecasting short-term space weather effects is the NASA’s Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) satellite. It …
Solar Eclipse success!
The solar eclipse was a success in Tromsø. Although we did not get a total eclipse here, but only 95 %, it …
Total solar eclipse – 20 March 2015
As probably most of you already know, tomorrow morning 20 March 2015 there will be a total solar eclipse! Let’s see what …
Storm Sudden Commencement
This morning a few minutes after UT 04.00 a very clear jump in the solar wind speed as well as the interplanetary …
All-Sky camera
A common tool in auroral science is the all-sky camera. This is simply a camera fitted with a fish-eye lens and pointed …
Auroral forecasts!
I am now happy to say that all planned auroral forecast modes are implemented on their respective PCs. From right to left …