The service for Automated WARnings of Earth arrivals (AWARE) detects and displays arrival of solar wind disturbances
with a potential to create geomagnetic storms.
The top curve shows the interplanetary magnetic field, with the total intensity in black and the Bz-component(nT) in
brown.
The middle curve shows the solar wind speed v(km/s). These parameters are well known to be the most important for
the geo-effectiveness of the storms.
Significant interplanetary shocks are displayed as red vertical lines. Time intervals of solar wind disturbance are
marked with background shading. Disturbances due to solar eruptions, i.e. Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs), classified
as Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections (ICMEs) are marked with the orange color shown at the top of the display.
Disturbances created at the front edge of high-speed streams as they interact with the surrounding solar wind, i.e.
classified as Co-rotating Interaction Regions or just Stream Interaction Regions (CIRs/SIRs), are marked with the
blue background shading.
Disturbances where the classification is more uncertain are displayed in lighter orange and blue colors. If the
disturbance cannot be automatically classified, it is displayed in grey. If such disturbances have arrived within
the last 24 hours, the message 'Alert: Disturbance has arrived within the last 24 hours' will appear.
The bottom curve shows a prediction of geomagnetic activity Kp based on the last 3 hours of solar wind observations.
When the predicted Kp reaches storm levels (i.e. Kp=5) it is displayed with a red marking.