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The Origin of “Space Weather”

2015; American Geophysical Union; Volume: 13; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/2014sw001141

1542-7390

William B. Cade, Christina Chan‐Park,

Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics

Abstract Although “space weather” is a fairly recent term, there is a rich history of similar terms being used beginning in the middle to late 1800s. “Solar meteorology,” “magnetic weather,” and “cosmic meteorology” all appeared during that time frame. The actual first appearance of space weather can be attributed to the publication Science News Letter in 1957 (with the first modern usage in 1959) and was possibly coined by the editor at the time, Watson Davis.