Retterer, John M.2018-10-262018-10-262005-12-28Retterer, J. M. (2005). Physics‐based forecasts of equatorial radio scintillation for the Communication and Navigation Outage Forecasting System (C/NOFS).==$Space Weather, 3$==(12), S12C03. https://doi.org/10.1029/2005SW000146http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12816/3156The plans for producing long‐term (6–24 hour) forecasts of equatorial plasma structure and radio scintillation for the Communication and Navigation Outage Forecasting System (C/NOFS) program are described. We discuss the calculations and computer models required to represent the physics of the phenomena pertinent to the C/NOFS mission. We describe the means by which the models will be integrated into a system that ingests satellite data and provides forecast maps. The plans for validation of the calculations are outlined briefly, with a few sample results.application/pdfenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccessIonospheric modeling and forecastingLow‐latitude ionosphereRadio scintillation forecastinginfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.05.01Space Weatherhttps://doi.org/10.1029/2005SW000146