SPACE WEATHER PDF DOWNLOADS
Introduction
This area of our website presents PDF information on Space Weather from a variety of sources. Most are easy reading; however, some are a bit technical. I indicated files containing technical data with the word TECHNICAL or phrase SEMI-TECHNICAL. There are currently 25 PDFs.
PDFs are presented alphabetically, not with a particular sequence of reading in mind.
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1. A Profile of Space Weather — Primer NOAA Space Weather Prediction prepared a basic primer on Space Weather. 11 pages. |
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2. FlipChart Aurora V4 NASA prepared flip chart about Auroras. 7 pages. |
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3. FlipChart Magnetosphere V4 NASA prepared flip chart about the Magnetosphere. 8 pages. |
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4. FlipChart Storm Signals V4 NASA prepared flip chart about Storm Signals. 7 pages. |
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5. FlipChart Sunspot Regions V4 NASA prepared flip chart about Sunspot Regions. 15 pages. |
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6. Solar Activity and Space Weather: Introduction to Space Weather Intro to space weather from Haystack Observatory, MIT. 8 pages. |
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7. Mysteries of the Sun Intro eBook presented by NASA's Heliophysics Division of the Science Mission Directorate. 20 pages. |
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8. NASA Educator's Instructional Guide V4 NASA prepared space weather guide for educator's. 26 pages. |
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9. Radio Wave Propagation Article about the frequencies of the Sun's electromagnetic radiaion. 4 pages. TECHNICAL |
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10. Solar Flares - Magnetohydrodynamic Processes A paper on the magnetohydynamic processes of solar flares. 99 pages. TECHNICAL |
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11. Solar Storm Threat Analysis A paper on solar storm threat analysis. 29 pages. TECHNICAL |
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12. Space Weather — Its impact on Earth and implications for business Lloyd's report on how space weather may impact earth and affect businesses. 36 pages. SEMI-TECHNICAL |
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13. Space Weather — Storms from the Sun A NOAA booklet on space weather. 12 pages. |
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14. Space Weather — The Solar Perspective A paper on the Sun's power and affect on Earth. 74 pages. TECHNICAL |
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15. Space Weather 101 — Resources NOAA's SWPC education and outreach resources. 2 pages. |
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16. Space Weather Indices Australian government Bureau of Meterology classification of space weather indices. 1 page. |
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17. Space Weather Slide Presentation for Schools A NOAA Research PDF slide presentation on space weather. 27 pages. |
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18. The Ionosphere Paper on the ionosphere by the Space Environment Center in Colorado. 4 pages. |
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19. Tracking Sunspots A NASA prepared teacher-led classroom exercise for pairs of students. 25 pages. |
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20. Turbulent Diffusion in the Photosphere Turbulent Diffusion in the Photosphere as Derived from Photospheric Bright Point Motion. 22 pages. TECHNICAL |
The National Academies Press
The National Academies Press offers free PDF books/reports online. Following are four that related to Space Weather.
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21. Technical Evaluation of the NASA Model for Cancer Risk to Astronauts Due to Space Radiation NASA addresses risks arising from a number of sources, including solar particle events (SPEs), galactic cosmic rays (GCRs), secondary radiation from surface impacts, and even the nuclear isotope power sources transported with the astronauts. 94 pages. SEMI-TECHNICAL |
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22. The Effects of Solar Variability on Earth’s Climate — A Workshop Report September 2011 workshop explored connections between space weather & Earth's climate variability. 71 pages. SEMI-TECHNICAL |
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23. Severe Space Weather Events: Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts — Workshop Report eBook explores potential economic and societal impacts of the disruption of critical technological systems by severe space weather. 145 pages. SEMI-TECHNICAL |
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24. Solar and Space Physics: A Science for a Technological Society — An Overview (2014) The energy Earth receives from the Sun determines Earth's environment. |
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25. Solar and Space Physics 2014 — Overview Understanding the Sun and its variation over time, the relationship between the Sun and Earth's environment, and the impact of solar activity and space weather events on human activities. 467 pages. SEMI-TECHNICAL |
Space Weather and Gamma Ray Bursts
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26. A Brief History of the Discovery of Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts — 2013 —Easily read. 2 pages. |
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27. Bohdan's Impact on Our Understanding of Gamma-ray Bursts —Bohdan Paczy‚nski was one of the pioneers of the cosmological GRB model. His ideas on how GRBs operate and what are their progenitors have dominated the field of GRBs in the hectic nineties during which the distances and the origin of GRBs were revealed. Tsvi Piran discusses here Bohdan's contributions in some historical perspective. 19 pages. SEMI-TECHNICAL |
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28. Discovery of Gamma-ray Bursts —The launch of Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (CGRO) in 1991 was the first major step toward a better understanding of the GRB phenomenon. The Burst and Transient Source Experiment (BATSE) onboard CGRO established the isotropic distribution of these explosions at a very high statistical signifcance and also showed the deviation of their brightness (defined by the burst peak flux) distribution from Euclidean at the faint end (Meegan et al. 1992). 5 pages. SEMI-TECHNICAL |
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29. Gamma-rays and Cell Phones —An article by Melissa Gibby, Jacobs ESTS Group and GBM Operations Scientist, Science and Mission Systems Office. 2 pages. |
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30. MagnetoHydroDynamics of Gamma-Ray Burst Jets —A PDF presentation best viewed in full-screen mode. 33 pages. TECHNICAL |