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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT 26-45
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS SILVER SPRING MD
420 PM THU MAY 28 2026
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
-NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
-EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
-NOAAPORT
OTHER NWS PARTNERS AND EMPLOYEES
FROM: CLINTON WALLACE
DIRECTOR, SPACE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
SUBJECT: SOLICITING COMMENTS ON THE EXPERIMENTAL SOLAR WIND
DISPLAY PRODUCT FOR IN-SITU INSTRUMENTS THROUGH JUNE 28, 2026.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) IS SOLICITING COMMENTS ON AN
EXPERIMENTAL SOLAR WIND DISPLAY WITH DATA FROM THE NASA ADVANCED
COMPOSITION EXPLORER (ACE) AND THE NOAA DEEP SPACE CLIMATE
OBSERVATORY (DSCOVR) SPACECRAFT. WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE,
DATA WILL BE ADDED FROM THE NOAA SPACE WEATHER OBSERVATIONS AT
LAGRANGE POINT 1 (L1) TO ADVANCE READINESS (SOLAR-1) SPACECRAFT
AND THE NASA INTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP).
THE EXPERIMENTAL SOLAR WIND DISPLAY IS INTENDED TO REPLACE THE
LEGACY SOLAR WIND DISPLAY.
THESE SPACECRAFT ARE LOCATED AT THE L1 BETWEEN THE EARTH AND THE
SUN, ABOUT 1,500,000 KM UPWIND OF EARTH. THIS LOCATION ALLOWS
THE SPACE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER (SWPC) TO PROVIDE UP TO ONE
HOUR OF ADVANCED WARNING OF GEOMAGNETIC STORMS BEFORE THEY
ARRIVE AT EARTH. THESE STORMS CAN IMPACT THE ELECTRICAL POWER
GRID, AIRCRAFT, GPS, AND SATELLITE OPERATIONS.
ACE INSTRUMENTS INCLUDE THE SOLAR WIND ELECTRON PROTON ALPHA
MONITOR (SWEPAM) AND A MAGNETOMETER (MAG). DSCOVR INSTRUMENTS
INCLUDE THE FARADAY CUP (FC) AND A MAGNETOMETER (MAG).SOLAR-1
IN SITU INSTRUMENTS INCLUDE THE SOLAR WIND PLASMA SENSOR
(SWIPS), THE SUPRATHERMAL ION SENSOR (STIS), AND A MAGNETOMETER
(MAG).IMAP INSTRUMENTS INCLUDE THE SOLAR WIND AND PICKUP IONS
(SWAPI), THE COMPACT DUAL ION COMPOSITION EXPERIMENT (CODICE),
AND A MAGNETOMETER (MAG). SWIPS AND SWAPI PROVIDE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE SOLAR WIND PLASMA, WHILE STIS AND CODICE PROVIDE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE ENERGIES AND AMOUNT OF SOLAR PARTICLES
PRESENT.
THIS NEW EXPERIMENTAL SOLAR WIND DISPLAY CAN BE FOUND AT
HTTPS://WWW.SPACEWEATHER.GOV/PRODUCTS/SOLAR-WIND, AND THE LEGACY
DISPLAY WILL, FOR THE TIME BEING, REMAIN AT
HTTPS://WWW.SPACEWEATHER.GOV/PRODUCTS/REAL-TIME-SOLAR-WIND.
PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT FOR NASA/ACE AND NOAA/DSCOVR IS CURRENTLY
SCHEDULED TO END ON OR ABOUT JUNE 30, 2026, AT WHICH TIME THE
LEGACY SOLAR WIND DISPLAY WILL BE REMOVED.
A DESCRIPTION OF THE EXPERIMENTAL SOLAR WIND DISPLAY PRODUCT FOR
IN-SITU INSTRUMENTS CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING LINK:
HTTPS://NSDESK.SERVICENOWSERVICES.COM/API/G_NOA/NWSPC/RES2/40361
ED2CFC10350CF3CF6152F851C63
INPUT ON THE EXPERIMENTAL SOLAR WIND DISPLAY PRODUCT FOR IN-SITU
INSTRUMENTS IS BEING SOUGHT FROM USERS THROUGH JUNE 12, 2026.
PLEASE SUBMIT COMMENTS TO:
BRENT GORDON
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
SPACE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
BOULDER, CO
BRENT.GORDON@NOAA.GOV
NATIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS ARE ONLINE AT:
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NOTIFICATION/
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