Long‐Term Support Is Needed for Crucial Ground‐Based Sensor Networks

Abstract

Recently, many in the space weather community have taken up the cause to advocate for an orphan among our own. It’s an important fight—for ground‐based sensor networks. Although ground‐based sensors are used across all disciplines of space weather, in terms of long‐term support, they have no single clear home in any United States agency or department. This has resulted in an ongoing struggle throughout the community to maintain important space weather sensors and networks.

In Memoriam of Editor Jennifer L. Gannon

“…Over the years, this enabled her to guide close to 200 unique manuscripts through the review and revision process for the journal. She also wrote several editorials for the Space Weather Quarterly, showcasing her broad interest for space weather policy (e.g., Gannon and Lugaz, 2021), diversity and inclusion in the space science and space weather community (Gannon and Lugaz, 2020) and the importance of groundbased networks (Gannon et al, 2023) and the commercial sector (e.g., Gannon and Lugaz, 2021) In addition to her role as editor of the journal, she was a member of the National Academies' Space Weather Roundtable and Space Weather Advisory Group (SWAG), which was established as part the PROSWIFT Act. She also served in the role of Executive Committee Chair of American Commercial Space Weather Association.…”