STORM: The Solar-Terrestrial Observer for the Response of the Magnetosphere

Heliophysics Online Seminars

D. G. Sibeck (NASA/GSFC) and the STORM team
STORM is the first stand-alone mission to observe the big picture of Space Weather. STORM takes simultaneous solar wind plasma and magnetic field measurements whilst imaging geospace globally in soft X-rays, far-ultraviolet, energetic neutral atoms, and Lyman-alpha to understand the response of the magnetopause, auroral oval, ring current, and exosphere to varying solar wind conditions. STORM has its own array of ground observatories under the nightside auroral oval. From its high inclination, large-radius, circular orbit, STORM takes continuous observations on all relevant Space Weather time-scales. STORM conducts end-to-end science concerning the entry of solar wind energy into the dayside magnetosphere, the onset of geomagnetic subtorms, the growth and decay of the ring current, and the feedback effects of the ring current upon magnetopause location and substorm onset. STORM is presently conducting a Phase A feasibility study for NASA. STORM has an open data policy, a vibrant Guest Investigator program, and a strong desire to engage other spacecraft missions and ground-based programs.

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