Readers of this listserv may be interested in the following information from our colleagues at the OSD Historical Office: The Historical Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense, has posted a solicitation for proposals on FedBizOps for a contract to research and write a special study on the history of cyber policy within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1977-2001.  The contract is for one base year and one option year.  The completed study should be approximately 150-200 pages, including ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 101 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA Aircraft Take to Skies over Houston for Air Pollution Study 2. NASA Invites Media to Preview Pollution-Climate Science Flights Aug. 22 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 08:54:32 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA Aircraft Take to Skies over Houston for Air Pollution Study August 15, 2013 William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Steve Cole He ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2072 Issue Time: 2013 Aug 20 0503 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2071 Begin Time: 2013 Aug 16 1800 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 6050 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Ser ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Aug 20 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 232 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Aug 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1817 S19W88 243 0060 Cso 04 03 Beta 1818 S04W61 217 0250 Hkx 04 03 Alpha 1820 S12W19 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN MONTANA AND IDAHO Fires in Montana and Idaho * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81841&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 10, 2013 (Posted on Aug 12, 2013 5:55 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON UTOR Once a powerful super typhoon, Utor struck the Philippines on August 12 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2071 Issue Time: 2013 Aug 19 0500 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2070 Begin Time: 2013 Aug 16 1800 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 4650 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Ser ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #13-33 2013 August 18 at 8:43 p.m. MDT (2013 August 19 0243 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For August 12-18 R1 (Minor) radio blackouts were observed on 12 Aug and 17 Aug due to flare activity from active Regions 1817 and 1818 respectively. G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storms were observed on 16 Aug due to effects from a coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS). ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Aug 19 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 231 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Aug 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1817 S21W70 240 0140 Cao 12 06 Beta 1818 S06W47 217 0260 Cko 06 07 Beta-Delta 1820 S13 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2070 Issue Time: 2013 Aug 18 0541 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2069 Begin Time: 2013 Aug 16 1800 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 4301 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Ser ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Aug 18 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 230 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Aug 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1817 S21W57 240 0150 Eso 12 08 Beta-Delta 1818 S07W33 216 0300 Dko 07 13 Beta-Gamma-Del ...Continue Reading