Welcome to the General Data Services - Forecast and nowcast service service

The service is implemented through the following set of assets:

• The Solar Influences Data analysis Centre (SIDC) provides products such as Solar EUV images, International sunspot number, Solar flare forecast, etc.
• IRF by the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF Lund), provides forecast of Kp, Dst and dB/dt
• A-EFFort is a product from the Research Center for Astronomy and Applied Mathematics (Academy of Athens). It provides 24hr forecast of major solar flares.
• The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) provides data on the Kp index as well as products from the Swarm satellite mission;
• The SWIFF Plasmasphere Model (SPM) dynamical simulation provides the number density and temperatures of the electrons as a function of time;
• Real-Time Ionosphere Monitor (RTIM) provided by the Norwegian Mapping Authority (NMA);
• European Ionosonde Service (EIS) provided by National Observatory of Athens (NOA);
• Swarm Utilisation Analysis (SUA) provided by GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences;
• Geomagnetically Induced Current nowcast by the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI);
• The Empirical Solar Wind Forecast (ESWF), by the University of Graz, uses an empirical relation to derive the solar wind speed at Earth distance.
• Atmospheric Density Estimates for SST users (ATMDEN) provided by UK MetOffice;
• Nowcast and Forecast of Geomagnetic and Solar Activity Indices for SST users (FORIND) provided by the Romanian Institute of Space Science (ISS);

All data and service products contributing to the General forecast service can be accessed from the product catalogue matrix in the "Products" section. These products are ordered and categorised as per the ESA product specification documents according to the physical domain and product types.

User help and guidelines for each of the individual products can be accessed through the Help entry within the individual product page.