Biography:Tamitha Skov

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Short description: American space weather physicist
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

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

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

  • 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

  1. ↑ Mulligan, Tamitha Lynne (2002-09-01). 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" (in en-US). Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/08/05/vancouver-lake-superior-northern-lights-made-fleeting-appearance-monday-morning/. 
  3. ↑ Skov, Tamitha Mulligan; Nitta, Nariaki (2016-12-12). "The Relationship between Stealth CMEs and Coronal Holes: Origin, Interaction, and Geoeffectiveness". AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (AGU). Bibcode: 2016AGUFMSH13B2294M. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/199691. 
  4. ↑ "2019-03-16: Space Weather Seminar by Dr. Tamitha Skov at CSUN" (in en-US). 2019-03-06. https://scalacs.org/?page_id=3959. 
  5. ↑ "TECH TALK WITH DR. TAMITHA SKOV, THE SPACE WEATHER WOMAN". IEEE vTools - Events. https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/256437. 
  6. ↑ "In all likelihood, someday the sun will knock out the grid" (in en-US). 2019-03-18. https://www.popsci.com/space-weather-woman/. 
  7. ↑ "Solar storm heading to Earth may bring Northern Lights far south. Here's how to see the auroras." (in en). 22 March 2019. https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/solar-storm-heading-earth-may-bring-northern-lights-far-south-ncna986481. 
  8. ↑ "Sun's biggest outburst this cycle is sending solar storms to Earth and Mars" (in en-US). https://room.eu.com/news/suns-biggest-outburst-this-cycle-is-sending-solar-storms-to-earth-and-mars. 
  9. ↑ "The sun may offer key to predicting El Niño, groundbreaking study finds" (in en-US). Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/05/08/sun-el-nino-study/. 
  10. ↑ Frazier, Sarah (2020-09-18). "Everyday Effects of the Solar Cycle". http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/everyday-effects-of-the-solar-cycle. 
  11. ↑ "Media hyped a chance to see the northern lights last Saturday night. It was a bad forecast badly communicated." (in en-US). Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/03/29/media-hyped-chance-see-northern-lights-last-saturday-night-it-was-bad-forecast-badly-communicated/. 
  12. ↑ "Ham Radio Forms a Planet-Sized Space Weather Sensor Network" (in en-US). 9 February 2021. https://eos.org/features/ham-radio-forms-a-planet-sized-space-weather-sensor-network. 
  13. ↑ "Google Podcasts - What The Weather Podcast". https://podcasts.google.com/search/What%20The%20Weather%20Podcast. 
  14. ↑ "Indoor Antennas That Work". https://twit.tv/shows/ham-nation/episodes/460. 
  15. ↑ "Aerospace AMS 2021 | The Aerospace Corporation" (in en). https://aerospace.org/aerospace-ams-2021. 
  16. ↑ "Department of Earth Sciences Faculty | Millersville University" (in en). https://www.millersville.edu/esci/faculty.php. 
  17. ↑ "Dr. Tamitha Skov - WX6SWW" (in en-US). https://www.arnewsline.org/drtamithaskov. 
  18. ↑ "AstroGen - The Astronomy Genealogy Project". https://astrogen.aas.org/front/searchdetails.php?agnumber=15029. 
  19. ↑ Beaumont, Tim (2015-09-21). "Space Weather TV by Dr Tamitha Skov" (in en-GB). https://www.m0urx.com/space-weather-tv-by-dr-tamitha-skov/. 
  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". https://ohtorch.com/4257/features/women-have-a-long-and-unappreciated-history-of-contributions-to-the-stem-fields-space-weather-forecaster-tamitha-skov-speaks-of-her-experiences/. 
  21. ↑ "Space weather affects your daily life. It's time to start paying attention." (in en). https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/06/05/888/space-weather-affects-your-daily-life-its-time-to-start-paying-attention/. 
  22. ↑ "Solar Storm Could Strike Earth on Thursday" (in en-US). 2020-08-18. https://weatherboy.com/solar-storm-could-strike-earth-on-thursday/. 
  23. ↑ "Will Solar Storm Strike Earth Thursday or Friday? Here's What We Know | The Rio Times" (in en-US). The Rio Times. 2020-08-20. https://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/miscellaneous/will-a-solar-storm-strike-the-earth-on-thursday-or-friday-heres-what-we-know/. 
  24. ↑ Shankland, Stephen. "It's a solar smackdown!" (in en). https://www.cnet.com/news/we-arent-ready-for-a-solar-storm-smackdown/. 
  25. ↑ Frazier, Sarah (2020-09-18). "Everyday Effects of the Solar Cycle". http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/everyday-effects-of-the-solar-cycle. 
  26. ↑ October 2016, Calla Cofield 27 (27 October 2016). "Dusty with a Chance of Radiation: Mars Weather Forecasting Will Be Critical" (in en). https://www.space.com/34519-mars-space-weather-forecasting-critical-for-astronauts.html. 
  27. ↑ "Episodes". https://twit.tv/episodes. 
  28. ↑ "All About the Space with Dr. T". https://twit.tv/shows/twit-bits/episodes/3031. 
  29. ↑ "TECH TALK WITH DR. TAMITHA SKOV, THE SPACE WEATHER WOMAN | e-Lynx – IEEE Events in Southern California". https://ieee-region6.org/e-lynx/?p=575. 
  30. ↑ "AIAA LA-LV Section December Dinner Meeting" (in en). https://calendar.usc.edu/event/aiaa_la-lv_section_december_dinner_meeting. 
  31. ↑ "Notanee Bourassa | Citizen Scientist / Tech Support Specialist". https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/people/366/notanee-bourassa/. 
  32. ↑ "Solar storm to hit Earth this week; auroras expected" (in en-US). 2021-02-24. https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/solar-storm-to-hit-earth-later-this-week-auroras-expected/. 
  33. ↑ "Is a solar storm headed for Earth? What you need to know." (in en). 2020-08-19. https://www.silive.com/news/2020/08/is-a-solar-storm-headed-for-earth-what-you-need-to-know.html. 
  34. ↑ W8HJR, Media Chairman (2021-03-06). "2021 Hamvention Award Winners" (in en-US). https://hamvention.org/2021-hamvention-award-winners/. 
  35. ↑ "Dayton Hamvention Announces 2021 Award Winners" (in en). http://www.arrl.org/news/dayton-hamvention-announces-2021-award-winners. 
  36. ↑ "eHam.net". https://eham.net/news/view-news-item?id=46204. 
  37. ↑ Mulligan, T.; Russell, C. T.; Luhmann, J. G. (1998-08-01). "Solar cycle evolution of the structure of magnetic clouds in the inner heliosphere". Geophysical Research Letters 25 (15): 2959–2962. doi:10.1029/98gl01302. ISSN 0094-8276. Bibcode: 1998GeoRL..25.2959M. 
  38. ↑ Mulligan, T.; Russell, C. T. (2001). "Multispacecraft modeling of the flux rope structure of interplanetary coronal mass ejections: Cylindrically symmetric versus nonsymmetric topologies" (in en). Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 106 (A6): 10581–10596. doi:10.1029/2000JA900170. ISSN 2156-2202. Bibcode: 2001JGR...10610581M. 
  39. ↑ Hecht, J. H.; Mulligan, T.; Strickland, D. J.; Kochenash, A. J.; Murayama, Y.; Tanaka, Y.-M.; Evans, D. S.; Conde, M. G. et al.. "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" (in en). Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 113 (A1): n/a. doi:10.1029/2007JA012365. 
  40. ↑ Skov, Tamitha (2019-01-07). "Space Weather Seen through the Public Eye of Social and Broadcast Media" (in English). 99th Annual Meeting. AMS. https://ams.confex.com/ams/2019Annual/webprogram/Paper355252.html. 
  41. ↑ Palmerio, Erika; Nitta, Nariaki V.; Mulligan, Tamitha; Mierla, Marilena; O'Kane, Jennifer; Richardson, Ian G.; Sinha, Suvadip; Srivastava, Nandita et al. (2021-07-05). "Investigating Remote-Sensing Techniques to Reveal Stealth Coronal Mass Ejections". Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 8: 695966. doi:10.3389/fspas.2021.695966. ISSN 2296-987X. Bibcode: 2021FrASS...8..109P. 
  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" (in en). Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 118 (4): 1410–1427. doi:10.1002/jgra.50101. http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/jgra.50101. 
  43. ↑ Nitta, Nariaki V.; Mulligan, Tamitha (2017-08-28). "Earth-Affecting Coronal Mass Ejections Without Obvious Low Coronal Signatures" (in en). Solar Physics 292 (9): 125. doi:10.1007/s11207-017-1147-7. ISSN 0038-0938. Bibcode: 2017SoPh..292..125N. 
  44. ↑ Nitta, Nariaki; Mulligan, Tamitha (2017-08-01). "Stealthy but Geoeffective Coronal Mass Ejections". Aas/Solar Physics Division Abstracts #48 48: 114.07. Bibcode: 2017SPD....4811407N. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/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 et al. (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. doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2016.2598798. ISSN 1939-1404. PMID 28828144. Bibcode: 2016IJSTA...9.5703M. 
  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" (in en). AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts: SH11B–2229. Bibcode: 2016AGUFMSH11B2229L. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016AGUFMSH11B2229L/abstract. 
  47. ↑ Nitta, Nariaki; Mulligan, Tamitha (2016-10-01). "Stealth CMEs and Stealthy Geomagnetic Storms". Sdo 2016: Unraveling the Sun's Complexity: 63. Bibcode: 2016usc..confE..63N. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016usc..confE..63N. 
  48. ↑ Mulligan, T.; Nitta, N. (2015-12-01). "Linking Stealthy Signatures of Coronal Mass Ejections at the Sun to 1 AU". AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 33: SH33D–02. Bibcode: 2015AGUFMSH33D..02M. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/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" (in en). AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2014. Bibcode: 2014AGUFMSM31D4240M. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014AGUFMSM31D4240M/abstract. 
  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. et al. (2014-12-01). "Van Allen Probes ECT/MagEIS Background Corrected Electron Flux Measurements: Methods and Initial Findings". AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 21: SM21A–02. Bibcode: 2014AGUFMSM21A..02C. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014AGUFMSM21A..02C. 
  51. ↑ Lynch, B. J.; Kazachenko, M.; Li, Y.; Reinard, A.; Mulligan, T. L. (2014-12-01). "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. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014AGUFMSH43B4207L. 



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