AFFECTS

- Advanced Forecast For Ensuring Communications Through Space - is a space research project under the 7th Framework Programme of the European Union.

AFFECTS will provide advanced early space weather warning to protect communication systems.

The latest Space Weather Reports can be found at WEATHER.

Please note that we only update that page in case of a major event!

You can now subscribe to our new feed "AFFECTS space weather reports and storm warnings" to keep informed about severe space weather conditions. Subscribe here: http://www.affects-fp7.eu/space-weather-reports/rss_sw-reports.xml

PLEASE NOTE: When using SAFARI the rss feed might be displayed in your MAIL account. Additionally, it does not work with GOOGLE CHROME.

The following institutions are involved in AFFECTS:

Ben. No.	Country	Institution	Short Name	Scientific Contact
1	Germany	Georg-August-University Göttingen	UGOE	Dr. Volker Bothmer, project coordinator
2	Belgium	Royal Observatory of Belgium	ROB	Dr. Ronald Van der Linden, Dr. Cis Verbeeck
3	Ukraine	Space Research Institute	SRI NASU-NSAU	Dr. Aleksei Parnowski
4	Germany	Fraunhofer IPM	FHG	Dr. Raimund Brunner
5	Norway	University of Tromsø	UoT	Prof. Chris Hall
6	Germany	German Aeropace Center	DLR	Dr. Norbert Jakowski, Dr. Jens Berdermann
7	Germany	Astrium GmbH	ASTRIUM ST	Wilfried Pfeffer
8	U.S.A.	Space Weather Prediction Center of NOAA	NOAA-SWPC	Dr. Rodney Viereck
9	Germany	Planetarium Hamburg	Planetarium HH	Thomas W. Kraupe

For more information about the AFFECTS project partners please look at Project -> Partners

Messages - previously Latest News - the site is maintained beyond project lifetime with limited ressources

13/04/2016: Large AR2529 is now reaching a position facing the Earth. It is a potential source for fast CMEs causing major space weather effects during the next days and likely further on in time when its coming back after 27 days. Large solar storms often occur 2-3 years after sunspot maximum when the active regions progress towards lower heliographic latitudes.

04/03/2016: AFFECTS is featured in the following radio broadcast about the Sun from Deutschlandradio Kultur: Die Sonne und ihre Rätsel - Der Stern von den wir leben.

09/07/2015: The latest update of the AFFECTS iOS App is now available on the App store. Space weather alert push services have been optimised.

04/07/2015: AFFECTS together with the HELCATS project are featured at IdeenExpo 2015 .

24/03/2015: The AFFECTS forecast for the geomagnetic storm on March 17, 2015 can be found now under "Weather" and the reasons why it was not placed online.

23/03/2015: AFFECTS is featured through the article Sunny with a slight chance of flares published in the EU Horizon Magazine.

13/01/2015: The update of the AFFECTS iOS App is now available on the App store.

07/01/2015: The AFFECTS iOS App upgrade is currently being tested. The upgrade will resolve also issues with website access of STEREO images and general functionality of push alerts.

18/12/2014: The AFFECTS Website has been upgraded to accomplish the new NOAA SWPC website structure. The AFFECTS iOS App has been upgraded as well and will soon be available through the App store. Due to the holiday season it will be released in January.

26/11/2014: The new version of the AFFECTS Android App is now online available under -> SERVICES .

14/11/2014: The AFFECTS Print Brochure and Interactive Service Guide are now online available at -> SERVICES - click on Services - and at -> PR. For hardcopy requests please contact the AFFECTS coordinator.

13/11/2014: Latest space weather news about solar storms caused by the reappearing sunspot group 2192 can be found under "Weather".

10/07/14: The AFFECTS iOS Space Weather App is now available on the App Store.

11/02/14: The next AFFECTS General Meeting incl. Steering Committee Meeting takes place in Brussels from February 17-19, 2014. Further information can be found at -> PROJECT -> MEETINGS -> 3rd GM.

10/02/14: Recently, we created a YouTube channel showing our AFFECTS preoject trailer. The channel can be found at -> PR -> YOUTUBE.

29/11/13: All presentations held at the AFFECTS splinter meeting @ ESWW10 can be downloaded at -> NEWS & EVENTS -> ESWW SPLINTER.

15/11/13: Today we published our 8th AFFECTS Project Newsletter. It can be downloaded at -> NEWS & EVENTS.

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Contact

Dr. Volker Bothmer

Georg-August-University Göttingen
Institute for Astrophysics
Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1
D-37077 Göttingen
E-mail: bothmer@astro.physik.uni-goettingen.de
Phone: +49 (0) 551 39 25044
Fax: +49 (0) 551 39 25043

http://www.astro.physik.uni-goettingen.de/~bothmer/

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