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标题：Celebrating Accomplishments and Anniversaries of Space Weather Observations and Forecasting
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作者：Delores J. Knipp
期刊名称：Space Weather
印刷版ISSN：1542-7390
出版年度：2015
卷号：13
期号：6
页码：357-358
DOI：10.1002/2015SW001230
语种：English
出版社：American Geophysical Union
摘要：The space weather monitoring satellite, Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) is on final approach to its observing position 1.5 × 109 m upstream from Earth [Knipp and Biesecker, 2015]. There it will become a deep-space resource for space weather forecasters, providing a “heads up” on weather imposed by our star, the Sun. With DSCOVR, the U.S. has made a substantial investment in ensuring early warning capabilities for solar-driven disturbances and hazards. This is a long-needed investment consistent with numerous community decadal reports and national needs assessments. It seems appropriate to think of DSCOVR as a “50th anniversary gift”—for 50 years, what is now the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC; http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/) has been providing routine daily space weather forecasts. A soon-to-be operational solar wind monitor and multiple anniversaries for space weather deserve a celebratory editorial and a brief history lesson.