Speaker
Description
With the recent lay-offs at NOAA, we have to start talking openly about Europe's position when it comes to space weather infrastructure and about the possible consequences of the recent geopolitical shifts. We have been reliant on the US space weather infrastructure for very long and in many instances, do not have alternatives, even when it comes to basic services used for protection of critical infrastructure. That is not only a problem from the perspective of Europe's strategic autonomy, but also from the point of view of being a reliable and valuable partner to other countries. We have done an initial research to determine which key space weather monitoring services we still lack in Europe and how they would influence our research and operations in case we can no longer obtain data from the US, such as from GOES/ DSCVR/ SDO and similar. In addition, we have also looked at which alternative directions we could take in the near future to make sure we can, at least on some level, keep monitoring and forecasting space weather. Brainstorming from other participants by the poster is very welcome.
