The following resources are used by local space physicists, aurora chasers and visiting NASA scientists.
Geophysical Institute Resources
- Poker Flat Near–Real-time All-sky Camera
View the aurora from Poker Flat Research Range. - Geophysical Institute Aurora Forecast
Aurora forecast dashboard produced by the Geophysical Institute. Uses NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center data. - Geophysical Institute Magnetometer Array — Live Data Plots
A magnetometer is an instrument that measures changes in the Earth’s magnetic field. Magnetometer data can be used to predict when an auroral substorm will occur. - Real-time Optical Data
A collection of all-sky cameras and other monitors from around the world.
Other Resources
- 3-day GOES Magnetometer Monitor
A plot from the Space Weather Prediction Center site, above. Since 1975, each of NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES), located in Earth’s geographic equatorial plane, have carried magnetometers to monitor the geomagnetic field and its variations. - ACE RTSW
This site provides up to an hour’s advance warning of unusual solar activity, such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections, which can cause geomagnetic storms. - Kp Index (3-day Estimate Plot)
A plot from the Space Weather Prediction Center displaying predicted Kp index values for the next three days. - Solar Dynamics Observatory Data
The Solar Dynamics Observatory is the first mission to be launched for NASA’s Living With a Star (LWS) Program, a program designed to understand the causes of solar variability and its impacts on Earth. SDO is designed to help us understand the sun’s influence on Earth and near-Earth space by studying the solar atmosphere on small scales of space and time and in many wavelengths simultaneously. - NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space weather conditions, geomagnetic storm information, aurora forecast, etc.