Tamitha Skov

Tamitha Skov
Born
Tamitha Lynne Mulligan
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]

  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.
  14. ^ "Indoor Antennas That Work". TWiT.tv. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  15. ^ "Aerospace AMS 2021 | The Aerospace Corporation". Aerospace Corporation. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  16. ^ "Department of Earth Sciences Faculty | Millersville University". www.millersville.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-21.