Aurora
Aurora visibility, location of the auroral oval and current auroral activity conditions of both North and South polar caps.
NOAA OVATION-PRIME plots
30 minute forecast for auroral oval around two polar caps are produced using OVATION-PRIME seasonal aurora forecast model. (description):
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North pole | South pole
JHUAPL OVATION plots
Plots of the auroral oval around two polar caps are produced using DMSP satellite particle data, MSP data and superDARN radar data. (project description):
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- North pole:
All energy | DMSP energy | All number | DMSP number - South pole:
All energy | DMSP energy | All number | DMSP number - Latest conditions:
Polar cap flux history | Equivalent Kp history
STEREO | Space Weather | UV Index
Sources and credits
OVATION-PRIME plot images courtesy of Space Weather Prediction Center at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, www.swpc.noaa.gov
OVATION images and data plots courtesy of Auroral Particles and Imagery Group, Space Department of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL), sd-www.jhuapl.edu/Aurora/
Aurora image taken 2011 over Jökulsárlón, Iceland, credit: Stephane Vetter (Nuits sacrees), www.nuitsacrees.fr