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The applications of the scientific findings, methods, models, and techniques are reviewed in an effort to achieve greatly improved specification/nowcasting and forecasting of the effects of ionospheric space weather. A useful analogy is drawn between ionospheric space weather and terrestrial weather. It is observed that, once ionospheric weather has been fully accepted as an extremely important environmental issue, the solar-terrestrial events can be essentially predictable (from the Sun to the Earth, to other planets, and beyond into the interstellar medium).
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Cander, L.R. (2019). Ionospheric Space Weather Targets. In: Ionospheric Space Weather. Springer Geophysics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99331-7_9
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