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Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Select Acronyms and Terms." National Research Council. 2008. Severe Space Weather Events: Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts: A Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12507.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Select Acronyms and Terms." National Research Council. 2008. Severe Space Weather Events: Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts: A Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12507.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Select Acronyms and Terms." National Research Council. 2008. Severe Space Weather Events: Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts: A Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12507.
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E Select Acronyms and Terms ACE Advanced Composition Explorer AFSPC Air Force Space Command (headquartered at Peterson Air Force Base Colorado) AFWA Air Force Weather Agency CCMC Community Coordinated Modeling Center (a NASA-supported program) CME coronal mass ejection COST Cooperation in Science and Technology CRRES Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite DOD Department of Defense Dst distributed storage time ESA European Space Agency EU European Union FAA Federal Aviation Administration GIC geomagnetically induced current GOES Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite GPS Global Positioning System HF high frequency (3-30 MHz) JSpOC Joint Space Operations Center Kp index A planetary index of geomagnetic activity that ranges from Kp0 to Kp9 where Kp9 represents the most severe storm LF/HC low-frequency/high-consequence LRO Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (NASA Space Exploration Mission) LWS Living With a Star (NASA program) NSF National Science Foundation now-cast near-term space weather forecast NSWP National Space Weather Program PCA polar cap absorption R&D research and development RF radio frequency SA situational awareness 130

APPENDIX E 131 SDO Solar Dynamics Observatory SEC Space Environment Center SEP solar energetic particle SOHO Solar and Heliospheric Observatory STEREO Solar-Terrestrial Relations Observatory SWENET Space Weather European Network SWPC Space Weather Prediction Center (NOAA) SWWT Space Weather Working Team TEC total electron content USAF U.S. Air Force USGS U.S. Geological Survey WAAS Wide Area Augmentation System

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The adverse effects of extreme space weather on modern technology--power grid outages, high-frequency communication blackouts, spacecraft anomalies--are well known and well documented, and the physical processes underlying space weather are also generally well understood. Less well documented and understood, however, are the potential economic and societal impacts of the disruption of critical technological systems by severe space weather.

As a first step toward determining the socioeconomic impacts of extreme space weather events and addressing the questions of space weather risk assessment and management, a public workshop was held in May 2008. The workshop brought together representatives of industry, the government, and academia to consider both direct and collateral effects of severe space weather events, the current state of the space weather services infrastructure in the United States, the needs of users of space weather data and services, and the ramifications of future technological developments for contemporary society's vulnerability to space weather. The workshop concluded with a discussion of un- or underexplored topics that would yield the greatest benefits in space weather risk management.

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