A Global Connection

Weather on Earth has a surprising connection to space weather occurring high in the electrically charged upper atmosphere, known as the ionosphere. USU researcher Charles Swenson worked with the team of scientists who made the discovery that now hopes to understand how storms in space affect Earth’s weather patterns, such as change of seasons or large events, like hurricanes.

From “First Global Connection Between Earth and Space Weather Found,” by staff writers, TerraDaily, September 13, 2006. For more information, contact Charles Swenson, Utah State professor of electrical and computer engineering, 435-797-2958. The other research team members include Thomas Immell (lead researcher), Scott England, Stephen Mende and Harald Frey of the University of California, Berkeley; Eiichi Sagawa of the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan; Sid Henderson of Utah State University; Maura Hagan of the National Center for Atmospheric Research High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, Colo.; and Larry Paxton of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md.