European Space Weather Week

Agenda and Materials for working meeting at ESWW13: Community-wide space weather Scoreboards: Research assessment of real-time forecasting models and techniques

Working meeting description on ESWW13 webpage
Thursday 17 November 2016 15:00 - 16:30

• Introduction and general overview of agenda items (Leila/Masha) [PDF]
• CME Scoreboard (Leila Mays):
• Demo of CME Scoreboard
• Initial CME scoreboard verification from the UK Met Office [PDF] (Suzy Bingham)
• Discussion of CME arrival time validation techniques [PDF] (Leila)
• Open to the floor for further ideas
• Flare Scoreboard (Sophie Murray):
• Brief introduction [PDF] to the flare scoreboard and demo (Sophie)
• Discussion regarding mock-up of time-series display [PNG] (Leila)
• Validation discussion (Sophie) [PDF]
• Open to the floor for further ideas (Sophie)
• Mention of relevant items coming up in the Forecaster Forum (after coffee break)
• SEP Scoreboard (Mark Dierckxsens):
• General introduction [PDF]: What is the scoreboard, how to register, how to submit forecast (Mark)
• XML Schema for submission of forecasts; quantities and observations to compare (Mark)
• SEP Scoreboard display mock-ups: Probability chart and flux profiles [PNG], Probability chart time-series [PNG] (Leila)
• Comparisons using historic SEP events [PDF] (Mark)
• Verification techniques: metrics, skill scores,...[PDF] (Mark)
• Linking flare & CME forecasts with SEP forecasts through scoreboard [PDF] (Leila)

Agenda and Materials for topical discussion meeting at ESWW14: Advance Predictions of Solar Wind Conditions at L1: Quantifying Performance

Topical discussion meeting description on ESWW14 webpage
Tuesday 28/11, 17:15 - 18:30, Ridderzaal

• Introduction/Agenda outline (Leila) [PDF]
• 17:15-17:20: Introduction (5 minutes)
• 17:20-17:35: Each team will present a very brief summary (5 minutes/topic)
• 17:35-18:30: Open for discussion on each topic (20 minutes/topic)
• Summary: CME Arrival Time and Impact Working Team [PDF] (Christine Verbeke/Leila Mays):
• Discussion of CME arrival time/impact verification [PDF]
• Open to the floor to discussion
• CME Arrival Team homepage
• Latest Team Report (March 2017) [PDF]
• CME events in this study
• CME Scoreboard
• NOAA SWPC/NASA CCMC Space Weather Modeling Assessment Project (CME arrival time)
• Summary: 3D CME Kinematics and Topology Working Team [PPTX] (Barbara Thompson):
• Discussion [PPTX]
• Open to the floor to discussion
• 3D CME Team homepage
• Summary: IMF Bz at L1 [PDF] (Matt West on behalf of Neel Savani)
• Discussion [PDF]
• Open to the floor to discussion
• IMF Bz Team homepage
• IMF Bz Scoreboard Planning Page
• >> Meeting discussion highlights and detailed minutes [PDF] <<

Agenda and Materials for topical discussion meeting at ESWW15: CME arrival time and impact: working team

Topical discussion meeting description on ESWW webpage
Wednesday 7/11, 14:00-15:15, MTC 01.03

• Working team status & slides to guide discussion topics (Christine & Leila) [PDF]
• Working team SWJ paper prepint (arXiV) - accepted November 2018
• Meeting discussion highlights and detailed minutes [PDF]

Agenda and Materials for topical discussion meeting at ESWW15:Flare forecasting: where are we and where should we be going?

Topical discussion meeting description on ESWW webpage
Tuesday 6/11, 17:15-18:30, MTC 00.10, Large lecture room
Conveners: Sophie A. Murray (Trinity College Dublin); M. Leila Mays (NASA CCMC); KD Leka (NWRA); Manolis K. Georgoulis (Academy of Athens); D. Shaun Bloomfield (Northumbria University);

• Introduction (Sophie)
• Flare Scoreboard status (Leila) [PDF]
• Ensemble flare forecasting (Sophie) [PDF]
• ISEE/PSTEP workshop results on operational flare forecasts (KD)
• Meeting discussion highlights and detailed minutes

ESWW15 Topical Discussion Meeting: Validation: SEP Working Team and Scoreboard

Topical discussion meeting description on ESWW webpage
Conveners: M. Leila Mays (NASA GSFC), Mark Dierckxsens (BIRA-IASB), Mike Marsh (UK Met Office), Ian Richardson (UMD/NASA GSFC)
Monday 5/11, 17:15-18:30, MTC 00.15, Small lecture room

• Working team and scoreboard status & SHINE campaign summary (Leila) [PDF]
• Presentations: campaign event results and discussion
  • Athanasios Papaioannou - FORSPEF [PDF]
  • Mark Dierckxsens - COMESEP SEPForecast [PDF]
  • Monica Laurenza - ESPERTA [PDF]
  • Ian Richardson - SEPSTER [PDF]
  • Olga Malandraki - REleASE [PDF]
• Meeting discussion highlights and detailed minutes [PDF]