Session 8 Space Weather at Solar Minimum and What's to Come: Solar Cycle 25 Predictions

Tuesday, 14 January 2020: 3:00 PM-4:00 PM
205A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 17th Conference on Space Weather
Chairs:
Robert Rutledge, NWS/SWPC, Swpc, Boulder, CO and Scott McIntosh, UCAR/NCAR, HAO, Boulder, CO

While overall space weather is generally suppressed near solar minimum, there are some aspects of space weather that can vary inversely with the solar cycle. Additionally, space weather can still happen in and around solar minimum, as history has shown. There are also important, observable signs of what the next solar cycle can hold. This session will explore any events of interest as we approach solar minimum as well as a look ahead to what’s to come as Solar Cycle 25 predictions are released and refined. What does the next decade and beyond hold for the space weather community and how well can we predict that trend?

Papers:
3:00 PM
8.1
Space Weather Effects on GPS Scintillation at Middle Latitudes
Sebastijan Mrak, Boston Univ., Boston, MA; and J. Semeter and T. Nishimura

3:15 PM
8.2
Timing Terminators: Forecasting Sunspot Cycle 25 Onset and Activity Levels (Invited Presentation)
Robert J. Leamon, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and S. McIntosh
3:45 PM
8.4
The Origin of Magnetic Flux Ropes Observed at 1 AU from the Sun
Tamitha Skov, Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA; and N. Nitta

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