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.
Search, Learn & Enjoy!
1. A Profile of Space Weather — Primer
—NOAA Space Weather Prediction prepared a basic primer on Space Weather. 11 pages.
2. FlipChart Aurora V4
—NASA prepared flip chart about Auroras. 7 pages.
3. FlipChart Magnetosphere V4
—NASA prepared flip chart about the Magnetosphere. 8 pages.
4. FlipChart Storm Signals V4
—NASA prepared flip chart about Storm Signals. 7 pages.
5. FlipChart Sunspot Regions V4
—NASA prepared flip chart about Sunspot Regions. 15 pages.
6. Solar Activity and Space Weather: Introduction to Space Weather
—An introduction to space weather from Haystack Observatory, MIT. 8 pages.
7. Mysteries of the Sun
—An introductory eBook presented by NASA's Heliophysics Division of the Science Mission Directorate. 20 pages.
8. NASA Educator's Instructional Guide V4
—NASA prepared space weather guide for educator's. 26 pages.
9. Radio Wave Propagation
—A Space Environment Laboratory article about the frequencies of the Sun's electromagnetic radiaion. 4 pages. TECHNICAL
10. Solar Flares - Magnetohydrodynamic Processes
—Living Reviews in Solar Physics presents a paper on the magnetohydynamic processes of solar flares. 99 pages. TECHNICAL
11. Solar Storm Threat Analysis
—A James A. Marusek paper on solar storm threat analysis. 29 pages. TECHNICAL
12. Space Weather — Its impact on Earth and implications for business
—Lloyd's, one of the world's leading insurance specialists, published a report on how space weather may impact earth and affect businesses. 36 pages. SEMI-TECHNICAL
13. Space Weather — Storms from the Sun
—A NOAA booklet on space weather. 12 pages.
14. Space Weather — The Solar Perspective
—Living Reviews in Solar Physics presents a paper on the Sun's power and affect on Earth. 74 pages. TECHNICAL
15. Space Weather 101 — Resources
—NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center education and outreach resources. 2 pages.
16. Space Weather Indices
—Australian government Bureau of Meterology classification of space weather indices. 1 page.
17. Space Weather Slide Presentation for Schools
—A NOAA Research PDF slide presentation on space weather. 27 pages.
18. The Ionosphere
—Paper on the ionosphere by the Space Environment Center in Colorado. 4 pages.
19. Tracking Sunspots
—A NASA prepared teacher-led classroom exercise for pairs of students. 25 pages.
20. Turbulent Diffusion in the Photosphere
—A paper on the 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.
21. Technical Evaluation of the NASA Model for Cancer Risk to Astronauts Due to Space Radiation
—NASA's current missions to the International Space Station (ISS) and potential future exploration missions involving extended stays by astronauts on the lunar surface, as well as the possibility of near-Earth object (NEO) or Mars missions, present challenges in protecting astronauts from radiation risks. 94 pages. SEMI-TECHNICAL
22. The Effects of Solar Variability on Earth’s Climate — A Workshop Report
—The Sun varies over a broad span of timescales, from its brightening over its lifetime to the fluctuations commonly associated with magnetic activity over days to years. The latter activity includes most prominently the 11-year sunspot cycle and its modulations. The September 2011 workshop summarized in this report explored the connection between this kind of activity and Earth's climate variability. 71 pages. SEMI-TECHNICAL
23. Severe Space Weather Events: Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts — Workshop Report
—The adverse effects of extreme space weather on modern technology-power grid outages, high-frequency communication blackouts, interference with Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation signals, and spacecraft anomalies are well known and well documented. We do not yet understand the potential economic and societal impacts of the disruption of critical technological systems by severe space weather. 145 pages. SEMI-TECHNICAL
24. Solar and Space Physics: A Science for a Technological Society — An Overview (2014)
—This booklet provides an overview of the most recent National Research Council decadal survey of solar and space physics, Solar and Space Physics: A Science for a Technological Society (The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2013), authored by the Committee on a Decadal Strategy for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics). 37 pages. SEMI-TECHNICAL
25. Solar and Space Physics: A Science for a Technological Society — 2013
—Earth's star is far more complex and variable than it appears to the naked eye in the daytime sky. Sunspots as large as several Earths dot the surface with intense magnetic fields thousands of times stronger than the average background field. Each active region on the Sun can grow, decay, and reorganize on timescales of minutes to months, and collectively the spots emerge in groups that define the roughly 11-year activity cycle and 22-year magnetic cycle of the Sun. 467 pages. SEMI-TECHNICAL
Space Weather and Gamma Ray Bursts
26. A Brief History of the Discovery of Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts — 2013
—Easily read. 2 pages.
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
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
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.
30. MagnetoHydroDynamics of Gamma-Ray Burst Jets
—A PDF presentation best viewed in full-screen mode. 33 pages. TECHNICAL
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.
Search, Learn & Enjoy!
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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 —An introduction to space weather from Haystack Observatory, MIT. 8 pages. |
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7. Mysteries of the Sun —An introductory 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 —A Space Environment Laboratory article about the frequencies of the Sun's electromagnetic radiaion. 4 pages. TECHNICAL |
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10. Solar Flares - Magnetohydrodynamic Processes —Living Reviews in Solar Physics presents a paper on the magnetohydynamic processes of solar flares. 99 pages. TECHNICAL |
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11. Solar Storm Threat Analysis —A James A. Marusek 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, one of the world's leading insurance specialists, published a 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 —Living Reviews in Solar Physics presents 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 Space Weather Prediction Center 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 —A paper on the 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's current missions to the International Space Station (ISS) and potential future exploration missions involving extended stays by astronauts on the lunar surface, as well as the possibility of near-Earth object (NEO) or Mars missions, present challenges in protecting astronauts from radiation risks. 94 pages. SEMI-TECHNICAL |
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22. The Effects of Solar Variability on Earth’s Climate — A Workshop Report —The Sun varies over a broad span of timescales, from its brightening over its lifetime to the fluctuations commonly associated with magnetic activity over days to years. The latter activity includes most prominently the 11-year sunspot cycle and its modulations. The September 2011 workshop summarized in this report explored the connection between this kind of activity and Earth's climate variability. 71 pages. SEMI-TECHNICAL |
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23. Severe Space Weather Events: Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts — Workshop Report —The adverse effects of extreme space weather on modern technology-power grid outages, high-frequency communication blackouts, interference with Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation signals, and spacecraft anomalies are well known and well documented. We do not yet understand the 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) —This booklet provides an overview of the most recent National Research Council decadal survey of solar and space physics, Solar and Space Physics: A Science for a Technological Society (The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2013), authored by the Committee on a Decadal Strategy for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics). 37 pages. SEMI-TECHNICAL |
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25. Solar and Space Physics: A Science for a Technological Society — 2013 —Earth's star is far more complex and variable than it appears to the naked eye in the daytime sky. Sunspots as large as several Earths dot the surface with intense magnetic fields thousands of times stronger than the average background field. Each active region on the Sun can grow, decay, and reorganize on timescales of minutes to months, and collectively the spots emerge in groups that define the roughly 11-year activity cycle and 22-year magnetic cycle of the Sun. 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 |