Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

The Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate (JSWSC) is an international multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary peer-reviewed gold open access journal that publishes papers on all aspects of space weather and space climate in the solar system and beyond. JSWSC welcomes high-quality manuscripts from a broad range of scientific and technical fields of interest to the space weather and space climate communities.

JSWSC publishes research articles, technical articles, scientific reviews, papers on education and public outreach, historical events and observations, strategic and programmatic articles, and project reports.

Topical Issue - Swarm 10-Year Anniversary

Open Access

Research Article

A Swarm-only model of the magnetosphere to degree and order 3

Natalia Gómez-Pérez and Ciarán D. Beggan

J. Space Weather Space Clim., 16 (2026) 26

Published online: 03 July 2026
Open Access

Technical Article

Conceptual design and prototyping of a three-color polarimetric imaging instrument for auroral observations

Thijs A. Stockmans, Kira Strelow, Naor Scheinowitz, Fedde Fagginger Auer, Willeke Mulder, Remko Stuik, Gaël Cessateur, Leo Bosse, Hervé Lamy and Frans Snik

J. Space Weather Space Clim., 16 (2026) 25

Published online: 03 July 2026
Open Access

Technical Article

The Small Phased Array DEmonstrator (SPADE) - Description and first results

Christophe Marqué, Antonio Martínez Picar, Jasmina Magdalenić and Elisa Tassan-Din

J. Space Weather Space Clim., 16 (2026) 24

Published online: 03 July 2026
Open Access

Research Article

Sources of the high latitude ionosphere variability during winter nighttime

Pelin Iochem, Claudia Borries, Samira Tasnim, Jan Maik Wissing, Jürgen Kusche, Anita Aikio, Lei Cai, Ilkka Virtanen and Nada Ellahouny

J. Space Weather Space Clim., 16 (2026) 23

Published online: 03 July 2026
Open Access

Technical Article

Real-time detection of solar flares from ground-based VLF data

Pauline Teysseyre, Carine Briand and Morris Cohen

J. Space Weather Space Clim., 16 (2026) 22

Published online: 12 June 2026
Open Access

Technical Article

Bridging the measurement gap between MeV and GeV particles in space: Design and first results of the CHerenkov Atmospheric Observation System (CHAOS)

Ava Pohley, Hannes Ebeling, Pierre Bornfleth, Stephan I. Böttcher, Patrick Kühl, Björn Schuster, Lars Seimetz, Bernd Heber and Robert F. Wimmer-Schweingruber

J. Space Weather Space Clim., 16 (2026) 21

Published online: 12 June 2026

Most read articles

979	Open Access Research Article Forecasting Kp from solar wind data: input parameter study using 3-hour averages and 3-hour range values Peter Wintoft, Magnus Wik, Jürgen Matzka and Yuri Shprits J. Space Weather Space Clim., 7 (2017) A29 Published online: 22 November 2017
799	Open Access Research Article The Maunder minimum and the Little Ice Age: an update from recent reconstructions and climate simulations Mathew J. Owens, Mike Lockwood, Ed Hawkins, Ilya Usoskin, Gareth S. Jones, Luke Barnard, Andrew Schurer and John Fasullo J. Space Weather Space Clim., 7 (2017) A33 Published online: 04 December 2017
798	Topical Issue - 10 years of JSWSC Open Access Agora – Scientific reflections Changes in the Total Solar Irradiance and climatic effects Werner K. Schmutz J. Space Weather Space Clim., 11 (2021) 40 Published online: 22 July 2021
654	Space weather effects on GNSS and their mitigation Open Access Topical Review Tropospheric and ionospheric media calibrations based on global navigation satellite system observation data Joachim Feltens, Gabriele Bellei, Tim Springer, Mark V. Kints, René Zandbergen, Frank Budnik and Erik Schönemann J. Space Weather Space Clim., 8 (2018) A30 Published online: 13 June 2018
563	Open Access Research Article Geomagnetic field shielding over the last one hundred thousand years Jiawei Gao, Monika Korte, Sanja Panovska, Zhaojin Rong and Yong Wei J. Space Weather Space Clim., 12 (2022) 31 Published online: 09 September 2022

Recent articles (published in the past 5 years)

108	Topical Issue - 10 years of JSWSC Open Access Agora – Project report What sustained multi-disciplinary research can achieve: The space weather modeling framework Tamas I. Gombosi, Yuxi Chen, Alex Glocer, Zhenguang Huang, Xianzhe Jia, Michael W. Liemohn, Ward B. Manchester, Tuija Pulkkinen, Nishtha Sachdeva, Qusai Al Shidi et al. (8 more) J. Space Weather Space Clim., 11 (2021) 42 Published online: 13 August 2021
70	Topical Issue - Space Weather research in the Digital Age and across the full data lifecycle Open Access Agora – Project report The flare likelihood and region eruption forecasting (FLARECAST) project: flare forecasting in the big data & machine learning era Manolis K. Georgoulis, D. Shaun Bloomfield, Michele Piana, Anna Maria Massone, Marco Soldati, Peter T. Gallagher, Etienne Pariat, Nicole Vilmer, Eric Buchlin, Frederic Baudin et al. (18 more) J. Space Weather Space Clim., 11 (2021) 39 Published online: 22 July 2021
64	Open Access Research Article The operational and research DTM-2020 thermosphere models Sean Bruinsma and Claude Boniface J. Space Weather Space Clim., 11 (2021) 47 Published online: 07 September 2021
58	Open Access Technical Article New thermosphere neutral mass density and crosswind datasets from CHAMP, GRACE, and GRACE-FO Christian Siemes, Claudia Borries, Sean Bruinsma, Isabel Fernandez-Gomez, Natalia Hładczuk, Josevan den IJssel, Timothy Kodikara, Kristin Vielberg and Pieter Visser J. Space Weather Space Clim., 13 (2023) 16 Published online: 12 June 2023
58	Topical Issue - Space Weather Instrumentation Open Access Technical Article Accuracy assessment of the quiet-time ionospheric F2 peak parameters as derived from COSMIC-2 multi-GNSS radio occultation measurements Iurii Cherniak, Irina Zakharenkova, John Braun, Qian Wu, Nicholas Pedatella, William Schreiner, Jan-Peter Weiss and Douglas Hunt J. Space Weather Space Clim., 11 (2021) 18 Published online: 18 February 2021

2146	Topical Issue - Ionospheric plasma irregularities and their impact on radio systems Open Access Scientific Review Modeling of ionospheric scintillation Dmytro Vasylyev, Yannick Béniguel, Wilken Volker, Martin Kriegel and Jens Berdermann J. Space Weather Space Clim., 12 (2022) 22 Published online: 29 June 2022
1789	Topical Issue - 10 years of JSWSC Open Access Agora – Project report What sustained multi-disciplinary research can achieve: The space weather modeling framework Tamas I. Gombosi, Yuxi Chen, Alex Glocer, Zhenguang Huang, Xianzhe Jia, Michael W. Liemohn, Ward B. Manchester, Tuija Pulkkinen, Nishtha Sachdeva, Qusai Al Shidi et al. (8 more) J. Space Weather Space Clim., 11 (2021) 42 Published online: 13 August 2021
1583	Open Access Research Article The Maunder minimum and the Little Ice Age: an update from recent reconstructions and climate simulations Mathew J. Owens, Mike Lockwood, Ed Hawkins, Ilya Usoskin, Gareth S. Jones, Luke Barnard, Andrew Schurer and John Fasullo J. Space Weather Space Clim., 7 (2017) A33 Published online: 04 December 2017
1454	Space Weather and Challenges for Modern Society Open Access The 1859 space weather event revisited: limits of extreme activity Edward W. Cliver and William F. Dietrich J. Space Weather Space Clim., 3 (2013) A31 Published online: 21 October 2013
1438	Topical Issue - 10 years of JSWSC Open Access Agora – Scientific reflections Changes in the Total Solar Irradiance and climatic effects Werner K. Schmutz J. Space Weather Space Clim., 11 (2021) 40 Published online: 22 July 2021

4577	Topical Issue - Ionospheric plasma irregularities and their impact on radio systems Open Access Scientific Review Modeling of ionospheric scintillation Dmytro Vasylyev, Yannick Béniguel, Wilken Volker, Martin Kriegel and Jens Berdermann J. Space Weather Space Clim., 12 (2022) 22 Published online: 29 June 2022
4551	Space Weather and Challenges for Modern Society Open Access The 1859 space weather event revisited: limits of extreme activity Edward W. Cliver and William F. Dietrich J. Space Weather Space Clim., 3 (2013) A31 Published online: 21 October 2013
4236	Topical Issue - 10 years of JSWSC Open Access Agora – Project report What sustained multi-disciplinary research can achieve: The space weather modeling framework Tamas I. Gombosi, Yuxi Chen, Alex Glocer, Zhenguang Huang, Xianzhe Jia, Michael W. Liemohn, Ward B. Manchester, Tuija Pulkkinen, Nishtha Sachdeva, Qusai Al Shidi et al. (8 more) J. Space Weather Space Clim., 11 (2021) 42 Published online: 13 August 2021
3919	Open Access Research Article The Maunder minimum and the Little Ice Age: an update from recent reconstructions and climate simulations Mathew J. Owens, Mike Lockwood, Ed Hawkins, Ilya Usoskin, Gareth S. Jones, Luke Barnard, Andrew Schurer and John Fasullo J. Space Weather Space Clim., 7 (2017) A33 Published online: 04 December 2017
3477	Topical Issue - 10 years of JSWSC Open Access Agora – Scientific reflections Changes in the Total Solar Irradiance and climatic effects Werner K. Schmutz J. Space Weather Space Clim., 11 (2021) 40 Published online: 22 July 2021

Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

A Swarm-only model of the magnetosphere to degree and order 3

Conceptual design and prototyping of a three-color polarimetric imaging instrument for auroral observations

The Small Phased Array DEmonstrator (SPADE) - Description and first results

Sources of the high latitude ionosphere variability during winter nighttime

Real-time detection of solar flares from ground-based VLF data

Bridging the measurement gap between MeV and GeV particles in space: Design and first results of the CHerenkov Atmospheric Observation System (CHAOS)

Forecasting Kp from solar wind data: input parameter study using 3-hour averages and 3-hour range values

The Maunder minimum and the Little Ice Age: an update from recent reconstructions and climate simulations

Changes in the Total Solar Irradiance and climatic effects

Tropospheric and ionospheric media calibrations based on global navigation satellite system observation data

Geomagnetic field shielding over the last one hundred thousand years

Modeling of ionospheric scintillation

What sustained multi-disciplinary research can achieve: The space weather modeling framework

The Maunder minimum and the Little Ice Age: an update from recent reconstructions and climate simulations

The 1859 space weather event revisited: limits of extreme activity

Changes in the Total Solar Irradiance and climatic effects

Modeling of ionospheric scintillation

The 1859 space weather event revisited: limits of extreme activity

What sustained multi-disciplinary research can achieve: The space weather modeling framework

The Maunder minimum and the Little Ice Age: an update from recent reconstructions and climate simulations

Changes in the Total Solar Irradiance and climatic effects

What sustained multi-disciplinary research can achieve: The space weather modeling framework

The flare likelihood and region eruption forecasting (FLARECAST) project: flare forecasting in the big data & machine learning era

The operational and research DTM-2020 thermosphere models

New thermosphere neutral mass density and crosswind datasets from CHAMP, GRACE, and GRACE-FO

Accuracy assessment of the quiet-time ionospheric F2 peak parameters as derived from COSMIC-2 multi-GNSS radio occultation measurements

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