Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue of Geosciences will gather high-quality original research articles, reviews, and technical notes on the latest advances in space weather research.

Space weather is a multidisciplinary topic that is attracting increasing interest due to its significant impact on the performance and reliability of technological systems and human life, especially during the space exploration era that we are witnessing today. Understanding of space weather requires a combination of knowledge from different branches of science: e.g., plasma physics, solar physics, electromagnetism, remote sensing, etc., making it an exciting research area for scientists.

In recent years, there have been significant research efforts to improve monitoring, understanding, and forecasting of space weather with the primary objective of providing the longest possible prediction of space weather conditions. Such forecasting is critical for the planning of operational services and mitigation measures, especially for extreme events, which can be the most damaging. Despite the amount of research performed to date, there are several open questions in space weather phenomena that attract the attention of the worldwide geophysics research community.

New instrumentation providing better specifications of the different processes, better physics-based models, and innovative methodologies such as big data management are opening the door to a better understanding of the interaction between the main systems responsible for space weather phenomena: the Sun, solar wind, Earth's magnetosphere, ionosphere, and thermosphere.

We encourage you to submit articles about your recent work, experimental research, or case studies related to the latest advances in space weather, concerning the above and/or the following topics:

• Solar and heliospheric physics
• Magnetospheric physics
• Ionospheric disturbances
• Magnetic storms and substorms
• Geomagnetically induced currents
• Extreme space weather events
• Impacts on technological systems
• Long and short term forecasting

Dr. Estefania Blanch
Prof. Dr. Stefaan Poedts
Dr. Vadym Paznukhov
Dr. Elvira Astafyeva
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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• Solar activity
• Solar wind
• Coronal mass ejection
• Solar energetic particles
• CIRs
• Magnetosphere
• Ionosphere
• Thermosphere
• Geomagnetic field
• Geomagnetic storms
• Extreme events
• Forecasting
• Impacts