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Kent Tobiska, Space Weather
Kent Tobiska is the President and Chief Scientist of Space Environment Technologies (SET) in Pacific Palisades, California (ktobiska@spacenvironment.net; http://SpaceWx.com) and the first USTAR hire for the Space Weather Center at Utah State University.
Tobiska received his MS and PhD in Aerospace Engineering Sciences from University of Colorado and has been the recipient of awards from COSPAR (C1 Sub-Commission Chair, International Reference Atmosphere Vice-Chair), NASA (Group Achievement Awards: 2006, 2003, 2000, 1998, 1997, 1994, 1993 and 1983) and AIAA (Distinguished Lecturer).
His long-term research focus has been the analysis of solar XUV to FUV data that has led to the creation of an internationally distributed hybrid solar irradiance platform (SIP). He invented the world’s first operational computer code for solar irradiance forecast while serving as a senior scientist at Northrop Grumman/Logicon. At SET, he extended this expertise into operational space weather systems as PI on the SET solar operational system, the NOAA/SWPC solar irradiance CRADA, the AF SBIR for an operational ionosphere forecast system, and the communication alert and prediction system (CAPS).
He serves as lead U.S. delegate to ISO for the space environment and developed the ISO solar irradiance standard; he is the AIAA Atmospheric and Space Environment Technical Committee (ASETC) Committee on Standards (CoS) chair. He has authored/co-authored over 80 peer-review scientific papers as well as 8 books and major technical publications. Dr. Tobiska is a member of American Geophysical Union, Committee On Space Research, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and American Meteorological Society.