Speaker
Description
A primary INTERMAGNET vision, from the outset in the late 1980s, has been to create a global, real-time geomagnetic observatory network – an observation system of Earth and near-Earth Space, capable of providing information that supports operational services for the benefit of society. For space weather applications the global coverage availability in real-time is key to this.
Although many observatories have been capable of near-real-time data delivery for decades, in more recent years, advancements have been possible that have increased timeliness further and, most importantly, improved the global real-time coverage. Thus, providing up-to-minute status of the geomagnetic field and disturbance levels, before, during and after magnetic storms. Information that is critical, either directly or indirectly via models, to many space weather applications.
The INTERMAGNET data portal is hosted at the British Geological Survey (BGS) and offers a number of services including: data visualisation and download web site, data access web service, a HAPI web service interface to INTERMAGNET data and statistics of the timeliness of data delivered to INTERMAGNET. The technological advancements carried out at BGS are discussed and results of the improved coverage shown. With the programmable web services, the possibilities for Space Weather operational services are numerous. Some examples of space weather use cases in development are presented, including a site showing dB/dt at every observatory in the network and a European wide Geomagnetically Induced Current (GIC) real-time service.
