Solar Cycle 24 Prediction Issued April 2007
Presented by the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC)
June 27, 2008 During the annual Space Weather Workshop held in Boulder, CO in May, 2008, the Solar Cycle 24 Prediction Panel released an update to the prediction for the next solar cycle. In short, the update is that the panel has not yet made any changes to the prediction issued in April, 2007. The panel expects solar minimum to occur in March, 2008. The panel expects the solar cycle to reach a peak sunspot number of 140 in October, 2011 or a peak of 90 in August, 2012.
April 25, 2008 The official NOAA, NASA, and ISES Solar Cycle 24 prediction was released by the Solar Cycle 24 Prediction Panel on April 25, 2007. The Prediction Panel included members from NOAA, NASA, ISES and other US and International representatives. Press Briefings and presentations at the SEC Space Weather Workshop, plus additional announcements and information from the Panel are linked below. The Panel expects to update this prediction annually.
The Panel considered all Predictions of Solar Cycle 24 they found in the literature or received directly from an author. The May 24, 2007 List shows the predictions considered.
May 2, 2008 Solar Cycle 24 Prediction presentation at the Space Weather Workshop.
April 25, 2007 NOAA Press Release
Press Briefing
- Solar Cycles 24 Consensus Prediction (PPT) – Douglas Biesecker, scientist, NOAA Space Environment Center; chair, Solar Cycle 24 Prediction Panel
- NASA and Solar Cycle Predictions (PPT) – W. Dean Pesnell, project scientist, Solar Dynamics Observatory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; member, Solar Cycle 24 Prediction Panel
- Economic Impacts – Daniel Baker, director, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder; chair, Committee on Solar and Space Physics, National Research Council
- Impacts of Space Weather on the Economy
- Joseph Kunches, chief, Forecast Center, NOAA Space Environment Center
Consensus Statement of the Solar Cycle 24 Prediction Panel – March 2007
April 25, 2007 Solar Cycle 24 Prediction presentations at the SEC Space Weather Workshop
News from the Solar Cycle 24 Prediction Panel -- Oct 2006
- Solar Cycle 24 Consensus Prediction (PPT) – Douglas Biesecker, NOAA, SEC
- Societal and Economic Aspects of Space Weather (PPT) – Daniel Baker, LASP/University of Colorado
- Meeting the Challenges of Nature: The Impact of Space Weather on Marine Positioning Services (PPT) – Richard Barker, Fugro Chance Inc
- Why NASA Needs a Prediction of the Solar Cycle (PPT) – W. Dean Pesnell, NASA GSFC
- The Sun's Role in Past, Current and Future Climate Change – Caspar Ammann, NCAR CGD & HAO
The official Solar Cycle 24 prediction is for Sunspot Number and begins March 2008. The graph shows a simple interpolation from the current date to March 2008. For additional information or comments, contact Doug.Biesecker@noaa.gov