The Met Office Space Weather Operations Centre (MOSWOC) celebrates ten years of operations this week. After a decade of forecasting events from the Sun, what has the impact been? Since becoming fully operational in 2014, MOSWOC has forecasted and monitored thousands of space weather events, helping key industries take steps to manage the risks posed by the Sun. One of just a handful of 24/7 space weather forecasting centres in the world, MOSWOC is constantly monitoring the Sun for space weather activity, including solar flares, solar radiation storms, and coronal mass ejections which lead to geomagnetic storms here on Earth. With a decade of operational forecasting behind MOSWOC, the next decade will further enhance this developing science. A recent report suggests that the Met Office's space weather capability will be worth over £800million to the UK over the next decade. Met Office Space Weather Manager Simon Machin said: “We’re proud to have been at the forefront of space weather forecasting over the last ten years. “While many people will know about space weather from being responsible for the beautiful auroral displays we sometimes see, our forecasts have helped satellite operators and key infrastructure to mitigate impacts from severe space weather events and will continue to do so in the future." Get the full story 👇 https://lnkd.in/e3unzK4y
Phil Wadey
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The MOSWOC provides really important alerts and warnings about space weather, of use to terestrial industries as well as those of use who fly spacecraft. Here's to another successful ten years! Thanks Mark Gibbs Krista Hammond and colleagues!
Such important work. Glad we can work with you on it