Class 6: Space Weather Events

Source of St. Patrick's Day Aurora (March 24, 2015). Courtesy of SOHO/LASCO consortium. SOHO is a project of international cooperation between ESA and NASA.

In this class, students analyse magnetograms and Kp data from three space weather events, then examine the St Patrick’s Day geomagnetic storm to calculate CME speed and arrival time, and assess its impacts on society.

Student Resources

Open Student PDF
Open Space Weather Events Plots PDF
Open NOAA Space Weather Scales PDF
Download CME Image Set DOCX

Teacher Resources

Open Teacher PDF
Download Teacher CME Image Set DOCX
Download CME Calculations XLSX

Background Information & Additional Resources

Open Storm Event Information PDF
Open Background Information & Additional Resources PDF

Dataset Links

St. Patrick's Day 2015 CME Video
INTERMAGNET Data Viewer
GFZ Kp index

Geomagnetic Conditions

Australian Space Weather Forecasting Centre Current Space Weather Conditions
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center 3-Day Geomagnetic Forecast