Space Weather in Focus: A Decade in Review

Abstract

In the past decade, many events, discoveries, and publications have brought attention to how the Sun affects technologies, increasing awareness of space weather's effects among scientists, policy makers, and the public. As the decade comes to a close, Space Weather staff writers wondered what comes into focus after a quick scan of the past 10 years. After many excellent suggestions from Space Weather's editorial advisory board and our editor were reviewed, five snapshots were selected as representative of the most significant developments in space weather from 2001 to 2010. The items below are in no particular order.