User sessions report Paris workshop 2010 Mike Hapgood mike.hapgood@stfc.ac.uk

1. User sessions reportParis workshop 2010 Mike Hapgoodmike.hapgood@stfc.ac.uk

2. Dave Pitchford - space environment effects at SES • little or no scope to respond to space weather events, • valuable to have situational awareness • want assured European long-term access to data and models • increasing use of COTS increases the importance of space weather conditions • involvement in the O3b project, (in this case around 8000 km altitude) • Alessandro Donati - activities at ESOC • decision support tool (SEIS) enables better management of environmental effects • extend data and models in SEIS • stimulated efforts to integrate SpW awareness into both design and operations activities.

3. Bertram Arbesser-Rastburg - space weather effects on Galileo • radiation effects are severe <- MEO • much design effort to mitigate radiation effects; • project now appreciates the importance of monitoring the radiation environment. • Improve data coverage of environment in Galileo orbit • data from the first two test spacecraft available on request to scientists • support single-frequency receivers with improved iono model compared to GPS system. • warn of adverse conditions and to help design of robust receivers. • Marta Cueto Santamaría, GMV - satellite-based augmentation systems for GNSS • need better information on current levels of disturbance due to space weather, especially scintillation • need to assess the integrity of the service against current space weather. • Mike Hapgood - space weather needs for ice-monitoring (Cryosat-2) • stimulated by discussions with colleagues at the EISCAT radar project • radar altimetry to monitor ice thickness to centimetre accuracy • how to deal with polar patches? assess and reject?

4. Colonel Mariusz Wojciechowski - Polish military interest in space weather, • Radio: communications, navigation systems and surveillance • Need to distinguish space weather impacts from human interference • some military requirements classified. • Bryn Jones, SolarMetrics, integrating space weather into aviation operations. • Cross-Polar Working Group, space weather sub-group • aviation requirements for space weather information: communications, radiation hazards, satnav • integration with SESAR and NextGen • effective delivery to aircrew, integration with weather briefing, 15 to 20 minutes to read • Report due late 2010 • ICAO standards by 2015. • Henning Lübbe - aircrew exposure to cosmic radiation, • statistical data on recent aircrew radiation exposure. • clear upward trend due to solar minimum • annual modulation (seasonal demand) • double peak in the overall distribution (long- and short-haul flights). • aircrew are work group with highest radiation exposure • need better handling of space weather inputs into flight planning, • early warning of high radiation fluxes • improved on-board monitoring

5. Mauro Messerotti – NATO SSA activity • developing a definition of space situational awareness relevant to NATO activities • Plans for Technical Advisory Panel activity • Alexi Glover - SWENET lessons learned • many original services still operational • new services have joined • use of SWENET has grown significantly over the period • evidence of the growing demand for space weather services • complements cost-benefit analysis from pilot project

6. General discussion • Moderated by Daniel Heynderickx, Mike Hapgood and Alexi Glover. • Access to data is vital. • What are useful space weather products? • Interpretation can be barrier to adoption of services. • Need for develop standards • Structure of product chain – encourage provision of value-added/layered services where one provider enhances the products provided by another. • Raise awareness of space weather issues, to educate users about effects, warnings and mitigate, those effects. • Especially working-level operations staff • Need for a common terminology from scientists to service providers to end users, • Forums for discussion • Need continuous dialogue between the space weather community and end users. • This must be a two-way exchange of information if we are to derive mutual benefit. • Timely to plan workshop(s) at which the space weather community and end users can meet to review any major space weather events that occur during forthcoming solar maximum.