One-NOAA Space Weather Vision

Every day, space weather affects a number of commercial sectors from travel to energy to satellite operations. While less frequent, extreme space weather events have the potential to severely impact our economy, national security, and individual safety. This means it’s necessary to create a Space Weather-Ready Nation, a Nation that is ready for, and resilient to, every day and extreme space weather. NOAA envisions a One-NOAA space weather effort that works across the entire space weather enterprise to improve space weather products and services necessary to prepare for, and prevent, widespread impacts. This vision embodies NOAA’s commitment to fulfill recommendations from the White House Space Weather Operations, Research, and Mitigation (SWORM) Subcommittee and Space Weather Advisory Group (SWAG) to coordinate, facilitate, promote, and transition applied space weather research. Creating a Space Weather-Ready Nation would require: developing new and improved capabilities, such as an applied space weather research program, a robust space weather workforce, and enhanced collaboration across the space weather community, including academia, industry, and other federal agencies. Together, we can build a Space Weather-Ready Nation that is prepared for every day and extremes.