Tamitha Skov

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Tamitha Skov
Born
Tamitha Lynne Mulligan Skov
Alma materUniversity of California
Scientific career
FieldsSpace Weather
Geophysics
InstitutionsAmerican Meteorological Society
The Aerospace Corporation
Millersville University
ThesisThe Structure and Solar Origins of Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections (2002)
Doctoral advisorChristopher T. Russell[1]
Websitewww.spaceweatherwoman.com

Tamitha Skov is a space weather physicist,[2] researcher[3] and public speaker[4][5] based in Los Angeles.[6][7][8] She is also referred to as "Space Weather Woman" in social media, where she forecasts and analyzes space weather processes -  in the heliosphere and exosphere, in addition to her conducting the same in traditional media.[9][10][11][12][13][14] Skov is presently serving as a research scientist at The Aerospace Corporation and as an adjunct professor of heliophysics and space weather at Millerville University.[15][16]

Early life and career[edit]

Skov received bachelor degrees in physics and physical chemistry from University of California, Los Angeles in 1996. Subsequently she obtained her Masters in geophysics and planetary physics and a PhD in planetary physics and space physics from the University of California, Los Angeles in the years 2000 and 2002, respectively.[17][18] From 1996 to 1999 she was a recipient of National Aeronautical and Space Administration Space Grant Fellowship. Presently she is working as the research scientist at Space Materials Laboratory, The Aerospace Corporation, where she joined in 2004. She also serves as an instructor and audio forensic analyst for National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center.[19][20]

Works[edit]

Skov's work primarily involves observation and analysis of space weather phenomena like coronal mass ejections, solar flares, and solar particle events and the development of predictive techniques to be able to forecast future events. Her forecasting focuses on minimizing societal impacts of space weather events on the services dependent upon satellite or similar space mediated technologies, like GPS, and also on the services/systems sensitive to geomagnetic fields such as power grid systems, international space station, air traffic systems, amateur radio communications etc.[21][22][23][24][25][26] While conducting these forecasts mainly on social media, Skov has also appeared on mainstream media like the History Channel, NASA Television, The Weather Channel, TWiT.tv etc discussing her forecasts and the intersection of space weather and atmospheric weather in broadcasting.[27][28][29][30][31][32][33] Skov also has a YouTube channel. In 2021, Skov received the Technical Achievement Award from the Dayton Hamvention for her forecasting work, under her call sign WX6SWW.[34][35][36]

Selected publications[edit]

  • T. Mulligan, C. T. Russell, J. G. Luhmann, Solar cycle evolution of the structure of magnetic clouds in the inner heliosphere, Geophysical Research Letters.[37]
  • T. Mulligan, C. T. Russell, Multispacecraft modeling of the flux rope structure of interplanetary coronal mass ejections: Cylindrically symmetric versus nonsymmetric topologies. Journal of Geophysical Research.[38]
  • Hecht J.H., T. Mulligan, D. J. Strickland, A. J. Kochenash, Y. Murayama, Y.-M. Tanaka, D. S. Evans, M. G. Conde, E. F. Donovan, F. J. Rich, and D. Morrison, (2008), Satellite and ground-based observations of auroral energy deposition and the effects on thermospheric composition during large geomagnetic storms: the great geomagnetic storm of 20 November 2003, J.Geophys. Res., 113.[39]
  • Skov, Tamitha, Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA - Space Weather Seen through the Public Eye of Social and Broadcast Media, 2019[40]
  • Palmerio, Erika ; Nitta, Nariaki V. ; Mulligan, Tamitha ; Mierla, Marilena ; O'Kane, Jennifer ; Richardson, Ian G. ; Sinha, Suvadip ; Srivastava, Nandita ; Yardley, Stephanie L. ; Zhukov, Andrei N. Investigating Remote-sensing Techniques to Reveal Stealth Coronal Mass Ejections.[41]
  • Mulligan, T., A. A. Reinard, B. J. Lynch, (2013),Advancing In Situ Modeling of ICMEs: New Techniques for New Observations, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 1410–1427.[42]
  • Nitta, N.V., Mulligan, T. Earth-Affecting Coronal Mass Ejections Without Obvious Low Coronal Signatures. Sol Phys 292, 125 (2017).[43]
  • Nitta, Nariaki ; Mulligan, Tamitha, Stealthy but Geoeffective Coronal Mass Ejections.[44]
  • A. D. Marinan et al., "Assessment of Radiometer Calibration With GPS Radio Occultation for the MiRaTA CubeSat Mission," in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, vol. 9, no. 12, pp. 5703-5714, Dec. 2016.[45]
  • Lee, J. H. ; Walker, D. ; Mann, C. J. ; Yue, Y. ; Nocerino, J. C. ; Smith, B. S. ; Mulligan, T. Characterizing the Radiation Survivability of Space Solar Cell Technologies for Heliospheric Missions.[46]
  • Nitta, Nariaki ; Mulligan, Tamitha, Stealth CMEs and Stealthy Geomagnetic Storms.[47]
  • Mulligan, Tamitha,Nitta, Nariaki, Linking Stealthy Signatures of Coronal Mass Ejections at the Sun to 1 AU.[48]
  • Mulligan, T. L. ; O'Brien, T. P., III ; Claudepierre, S. G. ; Roeder, J. L. ; Green, J. C. ; Fennell, J. F. Multi-Scale Structure of Solar Wind Transients Coincident with Electron Drift-Echoes[49]
  • Claudepierre, S. G. ; O'Brien, T. P., III ; Blake, J. B. ; Fennell, J. ; Looper, M. D. ; Clemmons, J. H. ; Roeder, J. L. ; Mazur, J. E. ; Mulligan, T. L. Van Allen Probes ECT/MagEIS Background Corrected Electron Flux Measurements: Methods and Initial Findings [50]
  • Lynch, B. J. ; Kazachenko, M. ; Li, Y. ; Reinard, A. ; Mulligan, T. L. Using Ionic Charge States to Investigate the Relationship Between Eruptive Flare Emission and the Heating of CME Plasma [51]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mulligan, Tamitha Lynne (1 September 2002). The structure of interplanetary coronal mass ejections and their solar origins (Thesis). p. 1231. Bibcode:2002PhDT........31M.
  2. ^ "From Vancouver to Lake Superior, the northern lights made a fleeting appearance Monday morning". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  3. ^ Skov, Tamitha Mulligan; Nitta, Nariaki (12 December 2016). "The Relationship between Stealth CMEs and Coronal Holes: Origin, Interaction, and Geoeffectiveness". AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. AGU. Bibcode:2016AGUFMSH13B2294M.
  4. ^ "2019-03-16: Space Weather Seminar by Dr. Tamitha Skov at CSUN". SCALACS. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  5. ^ "TECH TALK WITH DR. TAMITHA SKOV, THE SPACE WEATHER WOMAN". IEEE vTools - Events.
  6. ^ "In all likelihood, someday the sun will knock out the grid". Popular Science. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  7. ^ "Solar storm heading to Earth may bring Northern Lights far south. Here's how to see the auroras". NBC News. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  8. ^ "Sun's biggest outburst this cycle is sending solar storms to Earth and Mars". Room, The Space Journal. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  9. ^ "The sun may offer key to predicting El Niño, groundbreaking study finds". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  10. ^ Frazier, Sarah (18 September 2020). "Everyday Effects of the Solar Cycle". NASA. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  11. ^ "Media hyped a chance to see the northern lights last Saturday night. It was a bad forecast badly communicated". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  12. ^ "Ham Radio Forms a Planet-Sized Space Weather Sensor Network". Eos. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  13. ^ "Google Podcasts - What The Weather Podcast". podcasts.google.com. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
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  16. ^ "Department of Earth Sciences Faculty | Millersville University". www.millersville.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  17. ^ "Dr. Tamitha Skov - WX6SWW". Amateur Radio Newsline. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  18. ^ "AstroGen - The Astronomy Genealogy Project". astrogen.aas.org. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  19. ^ Beaumont, Tim (21 September 2015). "Space Weather TV by Dr Tamitha Skov". M0URX. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  20. ^ Perry, Arielle. "Women have a long and unappreciated history of contributions to the STEM fields; space weather forecaster Tamitha Skov speaks of her experiences". The Torch. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  21. ^ "Space weather affects your daily life. It's time to start paying attention". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
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  23. ^ "Will Solar Storm Strike Earth Thursday or Friday? Here's What We Know | The Rio Times". The Rio Times. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
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  25. ^ Frazier, Sarah (18 September 2020). "Everyday Effects of the Solar Cycle". NASA. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  26. ^ October 2016, Calla Cofield 27 (27 October 2016). "Dusty with a Chance of Radiation: Mars Weather Forecasting Will Be Critical". Space.com. Retrieved 2021-09-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  28. ^ "All About the Space with Dr. T". TWiT.tv. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  29. ^ "TECH TALK WITH DR. TAMITHA SKOV, THE SPACE WEATHER WOMAN | e-Lynx – IEEE Events in Southern California". ieee-region6.org. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  30. ^ "AIAA LA-LV Section December Dinner Meeting". USC Event Calendar. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
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  34. ^ W8HJR, Media Chairman (6 March 2021). "2021 Hamvention Award Winners". Hamvention. Retrieved 2021-09-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  37. ^ Mulligan, T.; Russell, C. T.; Luhmann, J. G. (1 August 1998). "Solar cycle evolution of the structure of magnetic clouds in the inner heliosphere". Geophysical Research Letters. 25 (15): 2959–2962. Bibcode:1998GeoRL..25.2959M. doi:10.1029/98gl01302. ISSN 0094-8276.
  38. ^ Mulligan, T.; Russell, C. T. (2001). "Multispacecraft modeling of the flux rope structure of interplanetary coronal mass ejections: Cylindrically symmetric versus nonsymmetric topologies". Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 106 (A6): 10581–10596. Bibcode:2001JGR...10610581M. doi:10.1029/2000JA900170. ISSN 2156-2202.
  39. ^ Hecht, J. H.; Mulligan, T.; Strickland, D. J.; Kochenash, A. J.; Murayama, Y.; Tanaka, Y.-M.; Evans, D. S.; Conde, M. G.; Donovan, E. F.; Rich, F. J.; Morrison, D. "Satellite and ground-based observations of auroral energy deposition and the effects on thermospheric composition during large geomagnetic storms: 1. Great geomagnetic storm of 20 November 2003: THERMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION ON 17-21 NOV 2003". Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 113 (A1): n/a. doi:10.1029/2007JA012365.
  40. ^ Skov, Tamitha (7 January 2019). Space Weather Seen through the Public Eye of Social and Broadcast Media. 99th Annual Meeting. AMS.
  41. ^ Palmerio, Erika; Nitta, Nariaki V.; Mulligan, Tamitha; Mierla, Marilena; O'Kane, Jennifer; Richardson, Ian G.; Sinha, Suvadip; Srivastava, Nandita; Yardley, Stephanie L.; Zhukov, Andrei N. (5 July 2021). "Investigating Remote-Sensing Techniques to Reveal Stealth Coronal Mass Ejections". Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences. 8: 695966. arXiv:2106.07571. Bibcode:2021FrASS...8..109P. doi:10.3389/fspas.2021.695966. ISSN 2296-987X.
  42. ^ Mulligan, T.; Reinard, Alysha A.; Lynch, Benjamin J. (2012). "Advancing in situ modeling of ICMEs: New techniques for new observations: ADVANCING IN SITU MODELING OF ICMES". Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 118 (4): 1410–1427. arXiv:1208.5107. doi:10.1002/jgra.50101. S2CID 119275219.
  43. ^ Nitta, Nariaki V.; Mulligan, Tamitha (28 August 2017). "Earth-Affecting Coronal Mass Ejections Without Obvious Low Coronal Signatures". Solar Physics. 292 (9): 125. Bibcode:2017SoPh..292..125N. doi:10.1007/s11207-017-1147-7. ISSN 0038-0938. S2CID 125228274.
  44. ^ Nitta, Nariaki; Mulligan, Tamitha (1 August 2017). "Stealthy but Geoeffective Coronal Mass Ejections". Aas/Solar Physics Division Abstracts #48. 48: 114.07. Bibcode:2017SPD....4811407N.
  45. ^ Marinan, Anne D.; Cahoy, Kerri L.; Bishop, Rebecca L.; Lui, Susan Seto; Bardeen, James R.; Mulligan, Tamitha; Blackwell, William J.; Leslie, Robert Vincent; Osaretin, Idahosa A.; Shields, Michael (2016). "Assessment of Radiometer Calibration With GPS Radio Occultation for the MiRaTA CubeSat Mission". IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 9 (12): 5703–5714. Bibcode:2016IJSTA...9.5703M. doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2016.2598798. hdl:1721.1/110956. ISSN 1939-1404. PMC 5562411. PMID 28828144.
  46. ^ Lee, J. H.; Walker, D.; Mann, C. J.; Yue, Y.; Nocerino, J. C.; Smith, B. S.; Mulligan, T. (2016). "Characterizing the Radiation Survivability of Space Solar Cell Technologies for Heliospheric Missions". AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts: SH11B–2229. Bibcode:2016AGUFMSH11B2229L.
  47. ^ Nitta, Nariaki; Mulligan, Tamitha (1 October 2016). "Stealth CMEs and Stealthy Geomagnetic Storms". Sdo 2016: Unraveling the Sun's Complexity: 63. Bibcode:2016usc..confE..63N.
  48. ^ Mulligan, T.; Nitta, N. (1 December 2015). "Linking Stealthy Signatures of Coronal Mass Ejections at the Sun to 1 AU". AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 33: SH33D–02. Bibcode:2015AGUFMSH33D..02M.
  49. ^ L., Mulligan, T.; III, O'Brien, T. P.; G., Claudepierre, S.; L., Roeder, J.; C., Green, J.; F., Fennell, J. (2014). "Multi-Scale Structure of Solar Wind Transients Coincident with Electron Drift-Echoes". AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. Bibcode:2014AGUFMSM31D4240M.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  50. ^ Claudepierre, S. G.; O'Brien, T. P. III; Blake, J. B.; Fennell, J.; Looper, M. D.; Clemmons, J. H.; Roeder, J. L.; Mazur, J. E.; Mulligan, T. L. (1 December 2014). "Van Allen Probes ECT/MagEIS Background Corrected Electron Flux Measurements: Methods and Initial Findings". AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 21: SM21A–02. Bibcode:2014AGUFMSM21A..02C.
  51. ^ Lynch, B. J.; Kazachenko, M.; Li, Y.; Reinard, A.; Mulligan, T. L. (1 December 2014). "Using Ionic Charge States to Investigate the Relationship Between Eruptive Flare Emission and the Heating of CME Plasma". AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 43: SH43B–4207. Bibcode:2014AGUFMSH43B4207L.
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