Noah Peterson, Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder

GOLD observations for JEDI

Space weather phenomena can affect everything from satellite trajectories to power grids. With proper forecasting and preparation, harmful effects can be avoided or mitigated. But reliable forecasting of space weather events and their severity is quite challenging, as the upper atmosphere is a highly driven, nonlinear system over an immense scale. Predictions based solely on physics-based models quickly diverge from reality. To address this, data assimilation techniques integrate observations, model predictions, and their uncertainties to improve state estimations and enhance forecast accuracy. In this work, we incorporate observations from NASA’s GOLD mission to a data assimilation framework called JEDI.
 
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