Conveners
P1 - Space Weather Challenges in the Arctic: Panel discussion
- Magnus Wik (IRF)
- Andrew Dimmock (Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Uppsala, Sweden)
Description
Conveners: Magnus Wik; Andrew Dimmock
Co-Chairs: Lucilla Alfonsi, Lisa Baddeley (online), Andrew Dimmock
Moderator: David Boteler (NRCan, Canada)
Panellists:
- Peter Löfwenberg (Climate and Space Weather Officer, Swedish Armed Forces)
- Thomas Ulich (Head of Science, EISCAT)
- Yana Maneva (PECASUS for Aviation and SW operations at RWC Belgium)
- Sarah Schultz Beeck (Effects on GNSS in the Arctic, DTU)
- Magnar Gullikstad Johnsen (Leader for TGO and NOSWE within ISES)
As the Arctic undergoes technological expansion, it is emerging as a new frontier for space weather challenges. Space weather is becoming increasingly important to society due to many factors that impact technology and human activity. Although the scientific understanding and mitigation of space weather hazards are a global challenge, they are becoming increasingly crucial for end users in the Arctic regions.
Increasing human activity in high-latitude regions—driven by commercial operations, scientific activities, military operations and auroral tourism—has led to growing reliance on critical infrastructure. This makes the Arctic vulnerable to space weather hazards such as geomagnetically induced currents, HF radio disruptions, GPS inaccuracies, and space debris risks during rocket launches.
This round table will bring together key stakeholders to discuss the impacts of space weather in the Arctic and the challenges faced by end users and service providers. Participants will share their perspectives on operational risks, the need for scientific advancements, and the role of service providers in mitigating space weather hazards to ensure the resilience of current and future Arctic infrastructure and operations in this rapidly evolving technological landscape.
Dr. Sarah Beeck is a tenure-track researcher in the Geodesy and Earth Observation Division at DTU Space, the Technical University of Denmark. Her research centres on Arctic space weather, where she focuses on categorising the different impacts on GNSS to develop methods for local, reliable alerts for GNSS users across the region.
Sarah earned her PhD at DTU Space as part of the SWADO...
- Area of Expertise:
Ground-based space weather monitoring, remote sensing of the LTI region, ionospheric vertical sounding, ionospheric long-term evolution / ionospheric climatology
Affiliation: EISCAT AB (formerly EISCAT Scientific Association), Kiruna, Sweden, and Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory, U Oulu, Sodankylä, Finland.
- Connection to Space in the Arctic
I work in the...
I have been the Swedish Armed Forces space weather point of contact between 2007 and 2023, now stepping back for my successor to step in. During those years I have held short lectures about space weather and its roll for the armed forces, both to senior officers, new young officers and troops going for missions in Afghanistan, Greater Horn of Africa, Chad and Mali.
Yana Maneva is a space weather forecaster and service developer at the Royal Observatory of Belgium and the Solar-Terrestrial Centre of Excellence (STCE). Her work is focused on support of space weather service provision to the aviation community, particularly within the framework of PECASUS consortium, which is one of the four global centres providing space weather services to the...
