Published by University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) on 2023-12-28
What is Aurora Forecast 3D?
The Aurora Forecast 3D is an app that allows users to track the location of the aurora in the sky from any location on the planet. It provides a 3D view of the Earth with rotation and scaling features, and users can select locations and create their own ground-station list. The app also includes an Aurora Compass that shows the location of the auroral oval, the Moon, and the Sun, as well as a sky view module to track planets and stars. The app provides short-term and long-term forecasts of up to 6 hours and 3 days, respectively, based on predicted Kp index estimated by the Space Weather Prediction Centre (NOAA-SWPC).
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4. An Aurora Compass is included that shows where the auroral oval [1,2], the Moon and the Sun are located as you look up at the sky from your location.
5. [5] The Visible Earth catalog, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, April-October, 2012.
6. - Forecasts based on predicted Kp index estimated by the Space Weather Prediction Centre (NOAA-SWPC).
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9. [10] Tsyganenko, N.A., Secular drift of the auroral ovals: How fast do they actually move?, Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 3017-3023, 2019.
10. - 3-day space weather condition forecast as news ticker.
11. Smith, A practical model for daylight Computer Graphics, (SIGGRAPH 99 Proceedings), 91-100, 1999.
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- 3D view port of Earth.
- Solar illumination of the Earth and the Moon.
- Aurora oval size and location in real time.
- Day side location of the red Cusp.
- Forecasts based on predicted Kp index estimated by the Space Weather Prediction Centre (NOAA-SWPC).
- Includes a 2.4 million star map.
- City light texture.
- Earth, Sun and Moon textures.
- Sky view module to track planets and stars.
- 3-day space weather condition forecast as news ticker.
- Two-Line Element (TLE) satellite orbit calculations.
- Skyview navigation.
- 3D Laser Star pointer to identify star signs.
- Sounding rocket trajectories.
- Sun and Moon daily elevation plots with rise and set time.
- Epoch selection for magnetic pole position.
- Ovals based on polar orbiting satellites data.
- Target web links added to satellites, stars, planets and position.
- All-sky camera links to the Boreal Aurora Camera Constellation (BACC).
- Sky color animation.
- Zhang and Paxton ovals.
- Youtube demonstration.
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