Tamitha Skov
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Tamitha Lynne Mulligan Skov
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Alma mater | University of California |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Space Weather Geophysics |
Institutions | American Meteorological Society The Aerospace Corporation Millersville University |
Thesis | The Structure and Solar Origins of Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections (2002) |
Doctoral advisor | Christopher T. Russell[1] |
Website | www |
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]
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]
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]
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