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3.1.0

SWE Portal 3.1.0 Release Note

The ESA SSA Space Weather team is pleased to announce that SWE Portal 3.1.0 was released on the 1st October 2020.

In this update, the SSA SWE Services have been enhanced with a brand new layout! The structure is similar to previous iterations but now includes added functionalities and a new layout also adapted to mobile devices. Our service domains now welcome you with an introductory dashboard that provides key information 'at a glance'. This includes highlighted products or tools that are now directly accessible via a new tile system. Dedicated links then take you through to the full service and product pages.

We have also updated and streamlined our registration process, making it quicker and easier for new users to gain access to the wealth of information available via the SWE Services. An automated password reset function is also now included.

Our services also incorporate the following new and updated products and tools :

Not sure which products are linked to which service? Find the latest Service-Product linking here: Service Application Matrix

From the Geomagnetic Conditions Expert Service Centre:

  • Technical University of Denmark (DTU) provides:
    • An archive time series of the Polar Cap North index (PC index)
    • Magnetograms from North(west) Europe and Greenland and K-index from magnetometer stations in north Europe are now available again in a new interface and modern look and feel. The magnetograms collection provides data from additional magnetometers extending the coverage of the product.
  • The British Geological Survey provides:
    • Historical, definitive local 3-hourly K-indices from the three UK magnetic observatories - Hartland, Eskdalemuir and Lerwick
    • Nowcasts of regional 3-hourly K(GBI) and Kp type index covering the region of Great Britain and Ireland
    • Historical and Nowcasts of planetary 3-hourly indices Kp, ap and aa and planetary daily indices Ap and Aa
    • Forecasts of planetary 3-hourly ap indices -72 hours/3-days ahead
    • Forecasts of planetary daily Ap - 27 days ahead
    • Forecasts of regional 3-hourly K(GBI) - 72 hours/3-days ahead
    • Electric field: Ex and Ey at Hartland, Eskdalemuir and Lerwick
    • dH/dt minute values at Hartland, Eskdalemuir and Lerwick

From the Heliospheric Weather Expert Service Centre:

  • RAL Space provides:
    • The latest difference heliospheric imager movies based upon the beacon mode data which is available within a few hours of the observation. The product is updated every hour although data from STEREO-A may lag by 5 hours (or more in some situations).
    • A time - elongation map (also known as a J-map) of the differenced Heliospheric Imager (HI) visible light observations along the position angle corresponding to the ecliptic. This product is based upon the Near-Real-Time beacon mode data; it provides observations acquired over the last seven days and is updated with the latest available observations every couple of hours.
    • The latest background subtracted heliospheric imager movies based upon the science mode data which may not be available on the ground until up to 5 days after acquisition. The product is updated daily.
    • The latest difference heliospheric imager movies based upon the science mode data which may not be available on the ground until up to 5 days after acquisition. The product is updated on daily basis.
    • A time - elongation plot (also known as a J-map) of the differenced Heliospheric imager (HI) visible light observations along the position angle corresponding to the ecliptic. This product is based upon the science mode data; it provides observations acquired over the current month and is updated with the latest available observations each day (but depending on the download schedule data may only be available up to 3 or 4 days after acquisition).
  • Technical University of Denmark (DTU) provides:
    • Automated WARnings of Earth arrivals and Automated WARnings of STEREO_A arrivals, now with a new classification method in the case of loss of plasma data, for automated detection and subsequent classification of solar wind disturbances arriving at the L1 point and STEREO-A spacecraft location, respectively.
    • AWARE_NEXT enhanced 24 hour solar wind forecast, now with a enhancement to make use of L1 data from the previous solar rotation to augment the current STEREO-A based determination.

From the Solar Weather Expert Service Centre:

  • Kanzelhöhe Solar Observatory, University of Graz provides:
    • A near real-time light curve that is created using the brightness of the chromosphere as recorded in Hα by Kanzelhöhe Observatory. Increases in this light curve can indicate when solar flares occur in the solar chromosphere.

From the Space Radiation Expert Service Centre:

  • Centre for Space Radiations, Université Catholique de Louvain provides:
    • An update to the product group of static radiation models. All data products have been regenerated using the new flux normalization and information on this has been added to the documentation page (old data, such as images and data files can still be accessed through a link provided on the documentation page. The images for each B-L bin for the electron and proton yearly mean and percentile flux of the static radiation models have been updated to include the AE8 and AP8 model values, and the associated products description on the documentation page has been updated.
  • The Space Research Laboratory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku provides:
    • An update of the Very high energy solar energetic particle environment mission specification: proton peak flux.
    • An update of the Solar Energetic Particle Event Catalogue: High-energy solar proton events.

From the ESA Space Weather Office:

  • The European Debris Impact Database (EDID) has been redesigned and is now available with a new interface
  • The SWE Data application has also been redesigned and is now available with a new interface and improved functionality including improved search capabilities

Once you have had the occasion to discover this new version of the SWE Portal with its brand new look and capabilities, we will invite you in the coming weeks to participate in a survey and will be happy to collect your feedback to better tailor the SWE Portal to your needs.

In case you also communicate with our SSCC helpdesk (helpdesk.swe@esa.int) by sending us an email or by filling the SWE Portal support request form, we would like to draw your attention to the short user satisfaction survey accessible at the bottom of our replies upon closure of your requests. We would be grateful if you could follow the link to quickly provide feedback on our helpdesk response and help us to improve our service.

Please contact the SSCC Helpdesk (helpdesk.swe@esa.int) for any further information.