The Space Weather Laboratory's SWAN (Space Weather Awareness at Nasa) Widget

About SWAN widget
Buttons and Panels
Detailed listing of data in the widget
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The NASA Space Weather Laboratory SWAN Widget displays images, plots, etc. of both observational data as well as model simulation data. Model Simulation Data is derived from real time simulations at the Community Coordinated Modeling Center at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The models are provided by the research community.

Buttons and Sub-panels

The NASA Space Weather Laboratory SWAN Widget can display real time plots for the following regions by selecting the corresponding button:

Solar

Heliosphere

Magnetosphere

Ionosphere

NOTE: Each Region Above has a sub-pannel with additional display options for each region:

Solar

Solar Coronal Magnetic Field
SOHO & STEREO Images
Goes X-Ray, Proton, & Electric Flux
Solar Photospheric Magnetograms

Heliosphere

Heliospheric Tomography Maps
Stereo Beacon Solar Energetic Particles ( SEP ) Stereo + Ace
ENLIL Solar Wind
Stereo Beacon Insitu
Lasco C2, C3, C3 Running Difference, and Stereo Coronographs

Magnetosphere

KP & SWMF DST
SWMF Magnetopause Position, Standoff History, & GOES Magnetic Field
SWMF Magnetosphere & ACE Solar Wind Time Line
Fok Ring Current

Ionosphere

SWMF Ionosphere
Weimer Electric Potential
Geomagnetically Induced Electric Field

There is also a "Media" button that will display content for a selected event or other relevant Space Weather news.

The loop button allows the user to switch between displaying a single plot or cycling through the available plots. A green indicator light activates whenever the cycle/loop mode is on.

The Backside of the Widget allows the user to select the loop interval - either 5,10, or 30 seconds.

DETAILED LISTING OF DATA DISPLAYED THROUGH SWAN WIDGET

Solar

EIT 171 A
EIT 195 A
EIT 284 A
EIT 304 A
Stereo Ahead
Stereo Behind
Goes X-Ray
Goes proton and electron flux
Solar Photospheric Magnetogram with FL tracing (Kitt Peak, WSA, ENLIL)
Solar Photospheric Magnetogram with FL tracing (Mount Wilson, WSA, ENLIL)
Solar Coronal Magnetic Field (PFSS, J. Luhmann et al.)

Heliosphere

SOHO LASCO C2
SOHO LASCO C3
SOHO RD
Stereo Ahead coronograph
Stereo Behind coronograph
ACE ion density and magnetic field
ACE and STEREO-B (Time shifted to predict conditions at ACE)
Stereo Beacon
Stereo Beacon Ahead
Stereo Beacon Behind
Enlil ion density and polarity time series
Synoptic Map - Ion density (Heliospheric Tomography, B. Jackson, P. Hick) Click image for movie
Synoptic Map - Velocity (Heliospheric Tomography, B. Jackson, P. Hick) Click image for movie
ACE ion density
SW velocity
Density and magnetic field polarity in ecliptic plane (Enlil, Odstrcil, NOAA)

Magnetosphere

Kp indices
Plasma density, velocity and magnetic field - north-south cut (SWMF, T. Gombosi et al.)
Plasma density, velocity and magnetic field - equatorial cut (SWMF, T. Gombosi et al.)
Electrons at 1.7 KeV Particle Fluxes in Inner Magnetosphere (Fok Ring Current, M. Fok)
Electrons at 22.5 KeV Particle Fluxes in Inner Magnetosphere (Fok Ring Current, M. Fok)
Electrons at 300 KeV Particle Fluxes in Inner Magnetosphere (Fok Ring Current, M. Fok)
Protons at 1.7 KeV Particle Fluxes in Inner Magnetosphere (Fok Ring Current, M. Fok)
Protons at 22.5 KeV Particle Fluxes in Inner Magnetosphere (Fok Ring Current, M. Fok)
Protons at 300 KeV Particle Fluxes in Inner Magnetosphere (Fok Ring Current, M. Fok)
Current Magnetopause Position (SWMF, T. Gombosi et al.) Click on image for 24-hour history movie
3-day history of magnetopause standoff (SWMF, T. Gombosi et al.)
Magnetic field at GOES-11 and GOES-12 (SWMF, T. Gombosi et al.)
History plot of Dst from SWMF model (SWMF, T. Gombosi et al.)

Ionosphere

Ionospheric potential with polar cap (SWMF, T. Gombosi et al.) Click image for movie
Ionospheric field-aligned currents and polar cap (SWMF, T. Gombosi et al.)
Geomagnetically induced electric fields - EX (A. Pulkkinen)
Geomagnetically induced electric fields - EY (A. Pulkkinen)
7-day history of cross cap ionospheric potential difference (SWMF, T. Gombosi et al.)
Ionospheric electric potential (Weimer 2005, D. Weimer)

Download Details

Space Weather laboratory - NASA GSFC
Version: 1.0
Post Date: 1/08
License: Freeware
File Size: 1.5 MB

System Requirements

Internet Connection

Download the widget + readme file

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