INDONESIA REGIONAL WARNING CENTER
http://swifts.sains.lapan.go.id

Indonesia Space
Weather Services
During COVID-19
PandemicTiar DaniSpace Science Center
National Institute of Aeronautics and Space
LAPAN
tiar.dani@lapan.go.idIndonesia COVID-19 Reported Cases (per 23 November 2020)

Total Cases 497.668
Recovered 418.188
Deaths 15.884

Source: covid19.go.idIndonesia COVID-19 Reported Cases (per 23 November 2020)

Source: covid19.go.idIndonesia COVID-19 Reported Cases (per 13 September 2020)
The first cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Indonesia on 2 March 2020 announced by thePresident, with two residents of Depok, West Java tested positive for the virus.

Large-scale social restrictions (LSSR) (Indonesian: Pembatasan Sosial Berskala Besar or PSBB) arecurrently in place in Indonesia in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The restrictions are
implemented by local governments with the approval of the Ministry of Health. It includes measures
such as closing public places, restricting public transport, and limiting travel to and from therestricted regions.

Indonesia Space Weather Services during the pandemic
Since the first case of COVID-19 in Indonesia announced by the President in early March, the activities
of LAPAN Space Weather R&O in Indonesia begin to conduct at home in the middle of March which allof the SWIFtS activities conducted online utilized WhatsApp for the discussion between forecaster andexpert team. And the results are submitted online via the SWIFtS backend website.
The online forecast using WhatsApp has been conducted several times during a long holiday before
the COVID-19 pandemic so all of the team is ready and familiar with this Standard OperatingProcedures. And the online submission system is already prepared since the beginning of SWIFtS
operation in 2014. And also some of the space weather models and information which not running
automatically before the pandemic, we developed the automatic system and the result is accessible
via the website or utilizes TeamViewer to run the prediction model from home. And we also utilize
Github as a temporary server for displaying the on-going research forecast models.
As for the space weather research conducted from home which utilized remote connection to officecomputers and servers. Some of the space weather observation data also processing at home beforeuploading to the serverIndonesia Space Weather Services during the pandemic
Some of our space weather models which run automatically:- Active Region Detection- Magnetic Region Detection- Solar Flare Forecast- Solar Wind Prediction- Far side Active Region Detection- Coronal Hole Detection- W-index- k-index

Indonesia Space Weather Services during the pandemic

Regional T-Index
HF Frequency Prediction
HF Radio Progapagation
HF Channel Evaluation

Information on:
Ionospheric TEC Disturbance Index - K-Index- S4- TEC
Daily Brief of Space Weather Condition
and Forecast:- Solar Activity- Solar Wind/ Geomagnetic Activity- Ionosphere/Scintillation- Solar Energetic Particles/Proton

Indonesia Space Weather Services during the pandemic
SWIFtS web access (1 January – 15 October 2020)

Indonesia Space Weather Services during the pandemic
SWIFtS web access (1 January – 15 October 2020)

Indonesia Space Weather Services during the pandemic
SWIFtS re-certified ISO9001:2015 again in early March just before the Work From Home policy begins.
The online discussion to prepare the MoU between LAPAN and BATAN (Indonesia Nuclear Agency) for
the joint research on Radiation Dose for Aviation in Indonesia. The MoU signed in early October 2020.

Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the discussion about co-operation regarding ICAO
Annex 3 Space Weather Advisories with Indonesia Meteorological, Climatological, and GeophysicalAgency (BMKG) is coming to a halt.

Indonesia National Observatory
Planned Instruments:- 3.8m telescope- 1.2m telescope- 50cm telescope- Solar telescope- Radio telescope- Magnetometer- Automatic Weather Station

Credit: M. Zamzam N.

One of its scientific missions is the Solar Activity Observation and Space Weather MonitoringIndonesia National ObservatoryPlanned engineering first light in 2021

Credit: M. Zamzam N.

Lesson Learned and Step For The Future❑ Cloud database for observation data → Increase the storage capacity and easy access anywhereanytime❑ Automatic forecasting models results → Easy for displaying in the website and always updatecontent❑ Auto-update on space weather information and forecast → Manage the link between data/forecast
results and website server for having always update data content❑ Discussion and forecast meetings utilize Zoom, WhatsApp, etc → Need to revise the procedure
during maximum solar activities.

Thank You