HR: 10:45h
AN: G22A-02    [Abstracts]
TI: Current and Future Real-time Data Requirements for Space Weather Applications
AU: * Araujo-Pradere, E
EM: eduardo.araujo@noaa.gov
AF: CIRES-Univ. of Colorado and SWPC-NOAA, 325 Broadway W/NP9, Boulder, CO 80503, United States
AU: Fuller-Rowell, T
EM: tim.fuller-rowell@noaa.gov
AF: CIRES-Univ. of Colorado and SWPC-NOAA, 325 Broadway W/NP9, Boulder, CO 80503, United States
AU: Codrescu, M
EM: mihail.codrescu@noaa.gov
AF: NOAA-Space Weather Prediction Center, 325 Broadway W/NP9, Boulder, CO 80503, United States
AU: Husler, M
EM: michael.husler@noaa.gov
AF: NOAA-Space Weather Prediction Center, 325 Broadway W/NP9, Boulder, CO 80503, United States
AU: Coloma, F
EM: francine.coloma@noaa.gov
AF: NOAA-National Geophysical Data Center, 325 Broadway E/GC3, Boulder, CO 80503, United States
AB: The US-Total Electron Content (USTEC) model is a GPS data assimilation model for ionospheric specification over the continental US (CONUS). The model ingests GPS data from the CORS (primary data stream), the real time IGS (RTIGS), and the GPS/MET (meteorological applications of the GPS) networks. Currently, there are about 80 CORS, 30 GPS/MET and 15 IGS stations ingested into the model. These data are characterized by a near-real time rates and very low latencies, of the order of a minute and a half for the CORS networks and just over 5 minutes for RTIGS data. Due to the processing time of the data assimilation scheme, the final products are published with about 13 minutes delay, and are updated every 15 minutes. Our future plans involve the development of multi-regional and global capabilities of the model, as well as increasing of the number of stations ingested from the three networks, and the assimilation of new data, such as FAA-WAAS and COSMIC radio occultation satellite data. To accomplish the aforementioned goals we are also considering the assimilation of data from regional networks (e.g. IHY-Africa, South America, Asia, EUREF, etc.) and from new platforms (e.g. ocean buoys).
DE: 2400 IONOSPHERE (6929)
DE: 2499 General or miscellaneous
DE: 6929 Ionospheric physics (1240, 2400)
SC: Geodesy [G]
MN: 2009 Joint Assembly