How Does the Sunspot Cycle Affect Earth?
ES2605  Space Weather

Since the mid-1960s, interest in observing, understanding, and predicting solar activity has increased. This has given rise to a new field called "Space Weather." Like terrestrial weather, the space weather system consists of satellites, observatories (like weather stations), and weather forecasts. A display from an online space weather station is shown below.

  !   Click the image below to access the current space weather report. Examine the information, then answer question 10 below.

NOAA

10. Identify three jobs held by people who would need to check the space weather report regularly, and explain why the report is important to each. 



	

 	

		
			
	

	
	

		 
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