Understanding space weather to shield society: A global road map for 2015-2025 commissioned by COSPAR and ILWS
Carolus J. Schrijver, Kirsti Kauristie, Alan D. Aylward, Clezio M., Denardini, Sarah E. Gibson, Alexi Glover, Nat Gopalswamy, Manuel Grande, Mike, Hapgood, Daniel Heynderickx, Norbert Jakowski, Vladimir V. Kalegaev, Giovanni, Lapenta, Jon A. Linker, Siqing Liu

TL;DR
This paper presents a global roadmap from 2015 to 2025 to improve understanding, forecasting, and infrastructure resilience against space weather impacts on society through coordinated international efforts and advanced observation systems.
Contribution
It provides a prioritized, action-oriented strategy for enhancing space weather research, observation, and modeling to better protect technological infrastructure worldwide.
Findings
Prioritized focus on observation-based modeling of the Sun-Earth system
Development of forecasts for magnetic structures of coronal mass ejections over 12 hours ahead
Identification of key instrumentation needs to fill observational gaps
Abstract
There is a growing appreciation that the environmental conditions that we call space weather impact the technological infrastructure that powers the coupled economies around the world. With that comes the need to better shield society against space weather by improving forecasts, environmental specifications, and infrastructure design. [...] advanced understanding of space weather requires a coordinated international approach to effectively provide awareness of the processes within the Sun-Earth system through observation-driven models. This roadmap prioritizes the scientific focus areas and research infrastructure that are needed to significantly advance our understanding of space weather of all intensities and of its implications for society. Advancement of the existing system observatory through the addition of small to moderate state-of-the-art capabilities designed to fill…
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TopicsSpace exploration and regulation
