Unifying the validation of ambient solar wind models

Reiss, M. A., Muglach, K., Mullinix, R., Kuznetsova, M. M., Wiegand, C., Temmer, M., Arge, C. N., Dasso, S., Fung, S. F., González-Avilés, J. J., Gonzi, S., Jian, L., MacNeice, P., Möstl, C., Owens, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2061-2453, Perri, B., Pinto, R. F., Rastätter, L., Riley, P. and Samara, E. (2023) Unifying the validation of ambient solar wind models. Advances in Space Research, 72 (12). pp. 5275-5286. ISSN 0273-1177 doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2022.05.026

Abstract/Summary

Progress in space weather research and awareness needs community-wide strategies and procedures to evaluate our modeling assets. Here we present the activities of the Ambient Solar Wind Validation Team embedded in the COSPAR ISWAT initiative. We aim to bridge the gap between model developers and end-users to provide the community with an assessment of the state-of-the-art in solar wind forecasting. To this end, we develop an open online platform for validating solar wind models by comparing their solutions with in situ spacecraft measurements. The online platform will allow the space weather community to test the quality of state-of-the-art solar wind models with unified metrics providing an unbiased assessment of progress over time. In this study, we propose a metadata architecture and recommend community-wide forecasting goals and validation metrics. We conclude with a status update of the online platform and outline future perspectives.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/105451
Identification Number/DOI	10.1016/j.asr.2022.05.026
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Meteorology
Publisher	Elsevier
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