NOAA, UCAR Renew Partnership to Advance Extreme Weather Research

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SwRI secures $26.1M contract from NASA-NOAA to build magnetometer instruments for monitoring dangerous solar storms from December 2024 to January 2034.

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Space weather monitoring instruments will measure magnetic fields from Sun at Lagrange 1 point, located 1.5 million kilometers from Earth.

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Two magnetometers on satellites launching in 2029 and 2032 will track solar wind patterns that could disrupt Earth's power grids and satellites.

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SwRI partners with University of New Hampshire to design SW-MAG instruments for NOAA's Space Weather Next program.

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NOAA strengthens extreme weather research by renewing partnership with University Corporation for Atmospheric Research on December 10, 2024.

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UCAR collaboration delivers supercomputers, research aircraft and sophisticated computer models for weather prediction.

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NOAA's project combines expertise from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Kennedy Space Center, and SwRI's San Antonio facility.

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Solar wind magnetic field measurements from L1 point will help predict geomagnetic storms that create auroras and potentially damage communication systems.

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