  SWELTO -- Space WEather Laboratory in Turin Observatory is a conceptual
framework where new ideas for the analysis of space-based and ground-based data
are developed and tested. The input data are (but not limited to) remote
sensing observations (EUV images of the solar disk, Visible Light coronagraphic
images, radio dynamic spectra, etc...), in situ plasma measurements
(interplanetary plasma density, velocity, magnetic field, etc...), as well as
measurements acquired by local sensors and detectors (radio antenna, fluxgate
magnetometer, full-sky cameras, located in OATo). The output products are
automatic identification, tracking, and monitoring of solar stationary and
dynamic features near the Sun (coronal holes, active regions, coronal mass
ejections, etc...), and in the interplanetary medium (shocks, plasmoids,
corotating interaction regions, etc...), as well as reconstructions of the
interplanetary medium where solar disturbances may propagate from the Sun to
the Earth and beyond. These are based both on empirical models and numerical
MHD simulations. The aim of SWELTO is not only to test new data analysis
methods for future application for Space Weather monitoring and prediction
purposes, but also to procure, test and deploy new ground-based instrumentation
to monitor the ionospheric and geomagnetic responses to solar activity.
Moreover, people involved in SWELTO are active in outreach to disseminate the
topics related with Space Weather to students and the general public.
