Open AccessSpace Weather Gets Real—on Smartphones
Author(s) -
Crowley Geoff,
Guhathakurta Madhulika,
Oh Seung Jun,
Tobiska W. Kent
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
space weather
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.254
H-Index - 56
ISSN - 1542-7390
DOI - 10.1029/2010sw000619
Subject(s) - space (punctuation) , space weather , computer science , environmental science , meteorology , geography , operating system
S10006, doi:10.1029/2010SW000619.True to the saying that “a picture is worth a thousand words,” society’s affinity for visual images has driven inno-vative efforts to see space weather as it happens. The newest frontiers of these efforts involve applications, or apps, on cel-lular phones, allowing space weather researchers, operators, and teachers, as well as other interested parties, to have the ability to monitor conditions in real time with just the touch of a button.